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more but it's got this answer. to the delicious christmas by making tradition in germany beautiful. do you have i me clue what this is well maybe people from the united states knows this is a christmas pickle many americans follow this german tradition of hiding seeing a pickle in the christmas tree whoever finds it gets an extra gift there's just one problem most germans have never heard about this custom you know might support the haiti rawlinson sets off to solve this riddle of the christmas because. ah yes the christmas pickle a beloved in time honored german tradition at least that's what i was told. but i'm in berlin at germany's biggest department store and i can't find

a single one of these christmas trees where i overpack all but luckily i brought my own. but let me back up where i come from. many people think that all germans hang a single pickle on their christmas tree even many american families follow the so-called german tradition so according to this tradition the 1st person to find the christmas pickle on the christmas tree gets an extra. but to be honest i haven't seen or heard of a single christmas pickle in germany since i've lived here so i'm going to ask some germans during their christmas shopping if they've heard of it. are you having a christmas pickle on your christmas tree this year. that must be a tradition where it's not a german. christmas. cumbers not my favorite vegetable the christmas. no christmas because. i even had to explain it to santa in germany

in fact 12016 survey found that 91 percent of germans had never heard of it. so if this tradition is in german where does it come from and how did it end up in the united states. with a little christmas magic i'm headed to the small german mountain village. to explore that a bit more. if anyone knows the origin of a particular glass ornament it's the people. they've been blowing glass here 5097 and producing ornaments since the mid 19th century. glass floor and half of the under is the 4th generation to take over his family christmas business. he hand makes and sells glass ornaments including the christmas pickle to buyers world. i. but actually he only learned about the tradition in recent years on a visit to california. i was asked well so you also make christmas pickles and i

just laughed but then someone else asked me the same question until a 3rd time and i started wondering what is it with these christmas pickles and someone explained that it's tradition in germany it's on a pickle on your christmas tree every american knows this ugly nobody in germany does. that mean i'm curious so he came home to search through his grandfather's glass molds from the 1930 s. not these and i found his gherkin old since then we've been producing these glass pickles. now he sells pickle ornaments to customers in places like japan norway switzerland and of course the united states. but if you just learned about this tradition then where do the story start well there are a handful of legends surrounding the origin of the christmas pickle. one says that a prison guard took pity on a starving german born soldier during the american civil war and allowed him to eat a single pickle with this act of kindness he was able to survive and began hanging

a pickle on history each year. some say it was this man frank w. woolworth who needed a gimmick when he began importing ornaments from germany to the u.s. in 880 s. . the media need to ask someone who knows this christmas town the best so i'm eating laotian mayor nor but this man at l.a.'s fact last winter. founded in 853 this is the oldest still existing glass in town mr mayor do you know the tradition of the christmas pickle as it's or am i not so we were confused is the christmas pickle what's the point that's what we learned abroad people are convinced the christmas pickle is an essential german christmas item. if they personally i think some clever marketing guy invented this in his office and then no shit hons. in making last pickles simply because foreigners believe it's a local specialty was of. ok so i still don't have an exact answer but there might still be hope i'm going to talk to gary ross

a local who came across the pickle tradition in his research for a magazine and i'm sure glad. so what can you tell us about the history of the christmas pickle help b.c. now before i did some research and found out that some families got a tradition of giving the person who found the special christmas tree decoration on the tree the 1st or largest gifts underscores the ask the good sense of the dot so the christmas pickle story originated by not. so we may never know exactly where this pickle tristen comes from but it certainly is a little bit of fun and maybe one day the germans will know what i'm talking about but until then i have an idea. we will see later in the show we'll have more festive reports but 1st we're off to england where we'll meet the creative cada zinah and the tsongas he transforms

classic cars into works of art which is shown at odds going to recent around the world and he's even been nominated for the prestigious turner prize may though he just went to church cuts. their heart on wheels. and he sunders of the u.k. plays with existing models colors and shapes modifying the cars to achieve his vision. and when the designer takes his main automotive art project they tend to miss out on the roads of southern england he's living his dream. is bringing us all a good smoke but i. saw you lovely it's the best called all the ever pale. i think it's all good all records go job i'd approach the top overall to get it all

just to give just such a thrill because it is a baton gold boy and yet it's not because it's a constant golf it's an amalgamation of everything. andy saunders ambition is to build cars that have never been seen before the spears no effort nor expense of actually spreading it was 17 years building these call. these 7 fires and i was going to introduce construction and you cannot do this in my world without passion. he started work on the tennis in 2003 it's based on a rare vintage 1937 cord say to. the contours are inspired by the shape of a drop of. most of his works are based on wrecked or derelict antique cars. like this 1940 pickup truck and the sanders took

it apart and turned it into his custom designed metropolis car when he said work on a new piece of automotive art time becomes an important. following the cake you get out of creating this indictive it's not the all book but. you don't make it it's the creation it doesn't matter how important the car is if the idea is important here. everything else is of no importance sanders 1st fell in love with old cars as a teenager restoring them in his father's auto repair shop when he took this one out for a spin and $984.00 media from around europe took notice. and no 170 saw it all. i don't know why did it or did it because. what i will said earlier ones will go on all day and they all call it's never gone

until i finish this in as often lost interest as soon as he completes one of the vehicles he sells or auctions and he saunters too much attention again in 2006 with his flattest. and earns a mention in guinness world records in 2010 he adapted a console west ideas of cubism to assist claim to c.v. and the media began calling in the back seat of a lot of movies which is wish i could prove because as quick as bikes you can take when you're doing stuff. the creation is easy and you kind of rebellion against everything else i suppose that's where he started really i think it was the media that took him. maybe because he was doing it just for fun. as in the why the oil for. saunders and jake song and passion into his noble sculptures they've already been displayed in several galleries in 2001

a few of his car creations were even nominated for the peace church arts prize the saudis the rest of my life i want to just carry on creating things that are completely out of the ball appear remote more not probably go on over 200 calls that need to be brought being my dream to do anything to get better it was already . of one thing we can be quite sure as far as andy saunders is concerned his next car will be his best and most beautiful of all. traveling these days in times of the coronavirus pandemic is quite problematic and will trip is something to dream about. not really very realistic however you can actually experienced something similar on the spanish island of gran canaria on the 3rd largest canary island you can find 14 different microclimate zones my colleague

candy dividing felt like he was travelling the world without even leaving the island. gran canaria is the island of many faces. and there was quite a nice touch on iraq and there was the thing here is that every corner of the island looks different sometimes it feels like in the heart. and others like the bahamas. steep drop into ravines or overgrown jungle costs. i feel like i'm in the alps. for venice. it's like a small world 2 or somehow all in one day on a single island. i'm starting out in the desert at least that's what it looks like here in reality i'm strolling across the dunes at the must follow must resort.

here the trade winds shape and reshape the 6 kilometers of june's on the island southern tip again and again. it's a natural spectacle and of occasion a slow many hotels line the edge of the dunes more than 4000000 tourists came here in 2019 most were here for sun shore sea and mild temperatures iraq and. but i want to see the grand canaria that lies beyond the tourist scene so i head inland to the but i'm called the last 70 carlos by the ravine of the falcons. here and say you know very narrow place like this jungle here yeah for. catalogs are all my it's showing me what the problem evil environment looks like on drunken aria back then most of the island was covered with jungle the further we

venture into the ravine the clearer it becomes to me that the island was created by volcanic eruptions. the broncos the last 70 carlos is a popular place to go. canyoning i'm supposed to try it but i'm an absolute newbie . to. the only more exciting than i thought it's hard to. thank goodness i'm well secured for the trip down. nevertheless my adrenaline level is staying. i thought it was all over when i was lying there. to be honest it wasn't the most dangerous descent and it still wasn't lots of fun people have their eye much

of gran canaria that they were to have fun then be saved and places. a lot of hot but also we have like a humanity air were great rabin's with a lot of 4. i mean another place they call us the millions of continue because of this is a combination between green things and see. a good place to stop and catch my breath just put. this to the point on the island south side is known for its colorful alleyways. and with a bit of imagination the little saltwater canals could just end easily be somewhere and. only 50 kilometers north everything looks totally different this side of the island is green and for a job i get to belly is europe's biggest coffee growing area. i want to

head even higher up to the island's highest point the pico de. manuel dina takes me to ground. naris mountain reaches. so much sometimes we get snow appear not every year but from time to time it snows like a lifestyle the same time you could be down on the beach something yourself naked or in other swimsuit on a continent you'd have to travel many kilometers to get such a difference here so we want to shift in just a few minutes to the world is man reporting on that event. indeed here at nearly 2000 meters a jute it's noticeably cooler almost like and. and nowhere else is the alpine glow so close to the desert heat as on the ground come out. that will really be an amazing work trip on this island and there's much more to the problem than just the

feet. but. baking cookies and christmas time is a longstanding tradition in many countries certainly here in germany you can even decorate christmas trees for them i myself have already baked for trays of christmas cookies they are all gone but i'm not worried because he out soon lot experts at the baking. cinnamon stars vanilla crossings and more of these cookies help get palatable primed for the holiday season susie corowa and touch us diva really a big blog. experts on christmas baking recipes really welcome to our christmas bakery we'll show you how we bake christmas cookies in germany. or cookies or one

of the favorites. instead of white sugar. uses 100 grams of powdered sugar. for far less sugar spreads much better through the day when it's a powder and you don't end up with nice sugar crystals all over the dough and you'll need 125 grams of cubed butter apiece and. 260 grams of flour a pinch of salt added sugar and for flavoring half of the mill a part not even a sugar. i'm fine is not a right it is a very very crumbly with a little kneading turns it bit by the data into a nice little girl tied to. the finished dough goes into the fridge for one hour. now it's time to cut out. the dough should be rolled out to about 4 millimeters thick. cutting out the cooking says fun for one the norm especially when done

together with others. because now we get together with friends and do our baking with them we take along the kids and it's lots of fun but after. cookie cutters are found and shapes and sizes as a lesson for example our terrific was flickers they're so spread out and don't have any fragile edges of the crowd with a cap it's a little harder then you have to use a spoon or some a little tool to present the tail trying to get the. time. the cookies are braked in the oven for 10 minutes at $100.00 metre degrees celcius . then comes the best part of the decorating the icing is made of powdered sugar lemon juice and food coloring. youthful treat green. for more elaborate decorating colored sprinkles and a white frosting can be used. baking

for the christmas season is a tradition in many european countries. norway and sweden have their ever popular gingerbread. austria has its shortbread cookies filled with jelly. a pride of spain of the padrone ace a deep fried dough often made good only a chrome os on the top check is known for its walls nests lead with lady fingers. london belgian and the netherlands the speculative spice cookies are essential holiday treats. palin blogger suzanne fate knows how this tradition got started. what they were baking cookies even back in the middle ages the monks did that in a monasteries to commemorate the birth of jesus christ it was also a sign of wealth the monasteries had lots of money so the monks baked and handed the goods out to the poor. back then where spices like ginger cardamom all

spices and cloves filled the air with the familiar christmas eve a rule for a long time there were dogs reason europe and only used for holidays we think it's important for them to be fresh and not already ground or taken from some drawer where they were stored for half a year because they're around or fades very quickly now anyone who enjoys baking can whip up an enormous for riots of cookies during the christmas season. for the flock it's also the custom to give them as gifts and everyone's glad to get them at . every kind needs to be sampled at least once. so a plate full of christmas cookies always seems to disappear in no time. to this in the german baking and cooking is what you can find on our you tube channel d.w. food in the segment cook it like

a german chef felicitous team shows you how it's done and she invites international guests into the kitchen. interested in german cuisine this is the show for you. though i had come to cook like a german. distain presents some of germany's finest dishes to foodies from around the world. a lot of me have you done this before this will be my 1st time. traditional german fare prepared and easy to follow steps from the savory to the sweet we've got it all. cooking like a german. food. like all cultural institutions right now due to the pandemic the famous leipsic avant house orchestra can not perform in concert halls and so it comes up with a wonderful idea some of the musicians have decided to give free open air concerts

all around leipsic from the top of a double decker bus. like a double decker sightseeing bus converted into a concert stage on wheels from up here let's just go bands house orchestra musicians play christmas carols for city residents on the 4 advent sundays free of charge. it's a welcome break from the dreary pandemic lockdowns as horniest dare not call me for a mish enjoyed playing with my colleagues the will of playing together as an ensemble over these and i think we can have a this joy to audiences to get to appreciate this beautiful music. usually the leipsic orchestra play some 80 concerts each year but because of coronavirus restrictions concerts are banned so a small group of orchestral musicians have begun performing in public and in front

of care homes where many elderly residents struggle with social isolation the short 15 minute concerts meanwhile are a hit with the lights of residents of all ages. story truck it really is a brilliant project and having brass players performing christmas songs is the most festive thing you could do and that is from sandra it's a beautiful idea right now without concerts and this brings the music to the people and just a musical instead of people to the music awards when you don't like. being orchestral players take great pleasure performing in public playing up to 6 christmas songs on the buses upper deck while braving the cold winter weather which can be challenging says a horn player seaman figure their instrument gets very cold when there's the instruments intonation interaction comes your fingers get free card especially towards the end play 5 or 6 concerts per booster abductee and your fingers do get

stiff making it hard to grip your instruments or. i want to do is find the argument after it's 2 or 3 nights a week that's what turns to the divan tells orchestra hall which is close to the public for the forseeable future but director on the yes votes remains optimistic projects like these motivators that we have to heed so many restrictions were bombed from so many things so we're excited to do the few things we're still allowed to do his mom our musicians enjoy recording c.d.'s or working on media projects inside the concert hall or your mom playing with the despite the cold weather armies with hot coffee and tea or happy performing at all you can support these noble concert tours show that with a little ingenuity we can still get into the festive spirit. please don't forget to check us out on facebook go to our website for this week's

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