Christmas Eve is the main day when Germans exchange presents with their families Germans say Merry Christmas in frohe weihnachten.In Germany Santa's father clause or Santa clause. A fun fact is Christmas eve is the main day when Germans exchange presents with their families. Christmas is celebrated on December six st. Nicholas day from Dec. 27 Jan. 6 they sing from house to house collect money for charity. Holiday traditions are each box or bag has a little present in it, if their are young children in the house the trees are usually secretly decorated by the mother of the family, the Christmas tree was traditionally brought into the house on Christmas eve and during that evening the family would read the bible and sing Christmas songs, sometimes wooden frames covered with coloured plastic sheets and with electric candles inside.
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Sources: http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/germany.shtml
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