The love and awe of the Germans for holidays and family traditions are known all over the world. During the New Year holidays get into one of the small towns of Germany and see with your own eyes the process of preparation and the celebration itself would be instructive for many of us, because there it is really valuable.
Traditions of celebrating the New Year
One of the most important is the tradition to celebrate the New Year only with friends and cheerful benevolent people. There, nobody meets the beginning of the year at home. People even just take to the streets and congratulate each other. And because loneliness for the holidays there is a rarity.
In the tradition of celebrating the New Year of different countries there is a decoration of the entrance doors with a wreath. Today, this is the most diverse options from traditional to ultra-trendy in the style of handmade. But it is in Germany that these wreaths are hung at the very beginning of December and every Sunday they light bulbs in it to conduct a kind of countdown before the holiday.
Among the traditions of celebrating the New Year the main place is occupied by preparations, namely the decoration of the Christmas tree and the cooking of your favorite dishes. If we have a Christmas tree, you can choose a small one, then they try to dress a real beauty. In the expanses of the former Union, Olivier salad is today almost the most important dish. But according to the culinary customs and traditions of the New Year in Germany they prepare stollen , bake the goose and of course they drink delicious warm drinks.
According to the traditions of the New Year celebrations of different countries, the Advent calendar is necessarily presented. Children are happy to wait first for Christmas, and then for St. Nicholas Day. In general, the New Year traditions in Germany suggest a very large number of gifts and harvest them begin long before winter. A lot of sales, fairs and of course people's festivities - all this raises the spirit of city dwellers, brings them closer to a festive mood. And, perhaps, the most original and cheerful among the traditions of the New Year in Germany - the jump is exactly the battle of the clock.