Title: 6 American Holiday Traditions Borrowed from Germany | TravelPulse
Headings: 6 American Holiday Traditions Borrowed from Germany
6 American Holiday Traditions Borrowed from Germany
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Content: 6 American Holiday Traditions Borrowed from Germany | TravelPulse
6 American Holiday Traditions Borrowed from Germany
Destination & Tourism Germany Tourism Janeen Christoff December 24, 2018
PHOTO: Nuremberg Christmas Market (photo courtesy romrodinka/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Do you hang a Christmas pickle on your tree? Is there a reward for the person who finds the pickle? Do you think that it is an old German tradition? Well, unfortunately, the German Christmas pickle is not Christmas fact but holiday fiction. However, with German-Americans making up one of the largest ancestry groups in the U.S., there are many German traditions that Americans have adopted throughout the years. ADVERTISING
The Goethe Institut has launched Wunderbar Together: A Year of German American Friendship that celebrates the close friendship between the countries while sharing German heritage and culture and highlighting a few of the beloved holiday traditions Americans know and love who have their roots in German Christmas celebrations. Christmas Trees
German immigrants brought the tradition of the Christmas tree to the U.S. in the 19th century, according to the Goethe Institut. In addition to the tree, ornaments and tinsel also became popular adornments for the tree in Europe before gaining fame in the U.S. when American dime-store magnate, F.W. Woolworth began importing them.