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our honda home old gets into the holiday spirit at a traditional christmas market. we'll see what she discover is coming up at the top with the show. everyone who welcome to a special edition of your max with me your house. megan lee. today it's all about christmas. traditions in germany. here is what we've gotten store for you. we visit the place where original moravian stars are made for the holidays and how one german community comes together to make the world's largest nativity scene. christmas in germany wouldn't be complete without a visit to one of the traditional christmas markets. they pop up at the beginning of each december and are a favorite place for having hot spiced mold wine and gingerbread cookies. my colleague, hanna hummel paid a visit to germany's oldest christmas market in the eastern german city of dresden, where she indulged in some of the goodies that were on offer.

ah, german christmas market. they're one of my favorite things about christmas here. the lights, people coming together at the glue vine. so today i'm interested to show you how to make the most of them and why they're so integra to german christmas culture. almost every city in germany has at least one in christmas market. there are more than $2500.00 in total. they typically open on the 1st weekend of advent, some even a little bit earlier. and there are a crucial part of the german christmas season. all right, let's jump straight and 1st of all was classes market that completely free, although some have a small charge. there are loads of stalls where you can buy candles and handmade crafts and basically through all of your christmas shopping. there are also lots of traditional german stalls with we and save retreats on offer classics. our cale

bes mushrooms are the classic part tourist. no german event is complete without worst. and my personal favorite sugar toasted ammon sobered. and of course, there is goodbye and galore that mild wine, hot wine infused with faces and fruits. and to be honest, that's the main thing when you're reading frightened. but there are of course alternatives like hot chocolate or punch. but my most important thing for you is to dress warm. i'm talking layers, sorry malls, to warm gloves, a cozy hot and an even warm or a jacket because trust me, it get cold, standing around, even with a glue bone. in case you get overwhelmed, here are some basic german words and phrases to help you navigate the christmas

market. mit shows with a shot. this is important if you want a little extra something in your glow vein like rum or am rezzo fat. this is like a deposit for your mug. don't stress i if you're charged 8 euro there. so for your glue bind, because you'll probably get if you back once you retire the mug, buddha arch, done. these are the stalls. if you want to know where the closest glue by install is asked for the glue vine, buddha grayson is particularly famous for its stolen. and some one heavily involved in that tradition is the official of dresden stolen girl. and that's who we're gonna meet now. and how it is pizza marked in the stolen connected shine, orange tweets are marked as last. pizza appraisal is just not the word for the stolen is. so the streets will mark is very connected to the dresden stolen as i was going, it began as a normal bread but was turned into a special price tree in the year 1491. i think it's for nowadays,

there were about $100.00 bakeries producing it every year, each using their own secret recipe with secret spices and ingredients. it's really addressed and original. yeah. okay. goes with, you know, says uncomfortable as a cheyenne is really a big deal here. yeah. oh, like raised in many markets, are famous for their specialities. airbag, for example, on famous gingerbread, the main ones keep things pretty traditional like this one, but there are few with more variety on how far erotic christmas markets can be found in cities like berlin in hamburg. now we're meeting a man whose life basically revolves around the christmas market. he's right here for decades and knows that like the back of his had that feel. i've been doing this for 40 years, creating these figures i referred. so what's the best thing about working here? at the christmas market law by then by not not, there's

a special flare at the christmas market because you get to meet the customers. americans are very interested in are not crackers because they're familiar with this timeless design. so we often talk about that as well. and i have a bit of fun by telling them not to stick the fingers in here. i think it's just fun to work here at the streets, remarked it somewhat zalman, do i have? i am in christmas. markets are known all over the world that one day. why do you think that is it? because it's not just about selling. we really put our heart and soul into this. it's our tradition and way of life here. it's something special. of course we work a lot leading up to christmas. so when we wrap up at 2 pm on christmas eve, we're happy to be back home with the family to celebrate with yourself. good with them. well, there you have

a christmas markets in germany. i may just magical they me, they really get me in the festive spirit, especially when the evenings i cause and die when you agree. another christmas favorite are these colorful handmade stars that are hung in the windows and on the balconies around the country. moravian stars, as they're known in english, are originally from a small town in eastern germany, with a history dating back over 100 years. now, a lot of work goes into making each one we visited the factory were the original stars are made. ah, it's and fuck, i just love driving through the towns before christmas and seeing all the stars hanging like this down. if i hang up, either i put up a big paper style every year and then place the little ones in the window around christmas time is at 7. just learned how to make these kinds of stars in school.

and i think it's really a big part of our identity size is what he did. he had these stars named after the small town of han hood and the very east of germany. saxony region are shipped all over the world as christmas decorations. more than 750000 will be created this season all by hand. it takes yon about around one and a half hours to make her so called masterpiece. these are limited additions of small stars made entirely by one person this year. this is the most difficult part, is the folding con, it's the folding that really counts 2nd, getting that perfect cone with a beautiful tip and making edges fit together. exactly. so that the star has an even shape or started like missiles. ah, the stars originated in the moravian church of the brethren,

a protestant free church with offshoots all over the world. lou skipped if an afternoon of the oldest record of the stars being made in hand hold schools dates back to 1810, seemingly as a part of teaching geometry to children you made to you and others gamma von is. and when i myself was a student at a han hood school and couldn't excel. we also learned this in our math class would get out. dish down symbol is yet fluency. the star symbolizes jesus christ to us in the 50. it's actually our most important symbol, not just a hint, but really a sign of god's light shining into the darkness. and jesus christ coming to us as a consequence. shop and image downs at mid guy worked on the star myself while we made it in our congregation, with a large group of 40 people who cut out the individual points and glued them together. oh, excuse me. there are a lot of wonderful memories associated with it. too, yeah, you know, a little bit of wood in 1925 business

man pita hendrick fabica filed a patent for the 25 pointed star and its current shape nearly a century later. the han hood factory greets more than $60000.00 star lovers each year for a behind the scenes look at how the stars come together or to craft their own doesn't. it's not that hard once you get the hang of it to come get it. yeah. you can think they're just wonderful to look at the houses and you get a warm welcome when you come home, so to speak. but i think that's the beauty of the stars and it's done. the professionals also custom make stars in different sizes for churches, christmas, markets, or shopping malls. these are made from plastic for longer durability, like this one, measuring almost 2 meters across swa at lee ya. and i used to work in the studio marked interest in so many years. and i could see the tower of the frown cushion

church from our sales booth ear canal and pick in the fall enclosure. and at the top of the church, oncology, there was of course, a lot yellow star hanging ne voice, which i hope to make out on that always makes me proud of whether big or small for many people around the world, the christmas spirit arrives with the glow of a hand who had star and staying in the spirit, if you would like one of these stars to light up your home, then go to our website for this week's viewers draw. well, you know, it's the christmas season in germany when illuminated fir tree start popping up around the country. now our tree here in the studio is plastic, but most people insist on having a real tree at home. however, is it really necessary to cut down a healthy tree, an increasing number of people are starting to think about more sustainable options?

what we looked into alternatives that make it possible for the christmas tree to live on long after the holidays are over. nothing says christmas, more than a festively decorated christmas tree, but that means each year, in germany alone, some $30000000.00 trees are felt for the short holiday period. and then end up in the garbage. military i always felt bad about how many trees were thrown away after christmas. so the idea was born that you can re plant those trees because they have a long life ahead of them. 2 years ago milan hansel and his business partner decided to offer rented christmas trees on line. his customers can order a tree, then have it delivered in when christmas is over hill replanted in this forest, outside of berlin to ha. the interest in living trees is big and continues to grow every year. i also think for a lot of people, an important point is not throwing the tree away afterwards. mundane bomb hard

drive affect both done a customers who want to choose a living christmas tree themselves can come to this one and only in person rental market in berlin. dan hurley and her daughter mia are taking part for the very 1st time. ah, actually i was growing up. i had an artificial tree. and so i really wanted to have a real tree. but i didn't like the idea of all those resources going into growing a tree, and then it's only used for a few days and then it ends up and my garbage. so when i heard about this was like, this is a really good option. it's sustainable. that's what we're trying to do now. it doesn't make any sense to throw them away because if they can be turned in to suddenly houser reuse. demons much better. professional gardener, andreas frederick, started his rental tree business 5 years ago. also as a way to save trees and cut down on waste, he offers several options for his trees to live on after christmas. and re dot

their bomb blood lies of the tree stays in the pots, and is rented out further and remains in the nursery business, so to speak. or we sell a treat to garden owners or private forest owners who then re present it didn't hurt or all fund i'm at the time one. since this is deann and me as 1st experience with renting a library, they need to know some of the basics of how to take care of it for the next couple of weeks. the status of the bottom of the important thing is that the tree is properly watered. the tree should be kept damn, not too close to the heater and not too long inside the apartment and then it will be fine. you have to water it. ah, the challenging part begins after the tree is packed up, ready to go, moving it directly into a heated house or apartment will cause it to break off its winter dormancy and

start to grow. i'm really happy now that we have it here. it's healthy and it's green and the needles are really soft. um for me it just feels like christmas. finally, i think it looks a lot nice and it smells nice. and that gives us more of a christmas live. it's believe that the modern christmas tree originated in 16th century germany, when christians would bring them into their homes and decorate them with apples wafers and candles as symbols of their faith. it's popularity began to grow throughout europe, and the custom was introduced to north america by german settlers. in the late 18th century. to day christmas, trees continue to usher in the holiday season. back in the forest, outside of berlin, about 70 percent of the trees replanted. here since 2020 have survived even those which don't still nourish the soil, which means they never go to waste redundant gun. i'm quite confident that some of

them will grow into big trees, even if they continue to grow very slowly. from some them from the light of us. and if all goes well, they'll continue to grow here for at least the next 200 years. well aside from having a christmas tree at home, many people also like to set up a miniature nativity scene to picking the birth of baby jesus with joseph and mary by his side residents of the southern german town of close bag. go one step further and come together to create a communal crush with figurines that which they create themselves. this tradition has seen this simple manger grow into one of the largest nativity scenes in the world. ah no this instrument nice is part of this hobbies when a peaceful figure is finished and it's turned out the way i'd imagined it. then i

can place it into the nativity scene and there is something new in it. ah, this crash already contains more than 8000 handcrafted figures. likely more than any of the nativity scene in the world. implicit bavaria. the story of christmas comes alive. the locals lend a private collections to the community crash. some of the figures date from the 18th century, ah, hubert houghton, i came up with the idea of creating a communal crush out of individual nativity scenes. the argument that it's only right crushes have a tradition that goes back to 150 years here. and though these nativity scenes are wonderful, they don't do much good sitting at home. we want to show off these family treasures limits like o. lewisburg is located in northern bavaria, not far from the chick buddha. here locals on a mission to preserve the tradition of carving wooden crushes in the less busy

winter months. the workers who built plus bergs famous glass melting furnaces past the time whittling. the fruits of their labours have been displayed every 5 years since 1970 baby jesus in the manger is at the heart of every crash. it's thought that the 1st nativity figures were created in italy in the 13th century. to better explain the bible story of jesus as birth to people who were illiterate. lilyanne hibler spif skip. would any one born in plus back comes into contact with this custom somewhere like it's like and then there are the many incredible stories . the mike, the imprisoned soldier who rides, dear wife, things here are dreadful, and i'm sure they're not good for you either then, but don't sell my crash. that just goes to show how connected the region and the people here are to this cost damage to these crashes. but ultimately it could with the pool since ah,

woodcarving is still practiced in cluster to this day. ruth girl has carved more than 500 nativity figures time and again transforming a block of wood into a piece of christmas tradition. she spends around 8 hours on each one end of enter side in the winter time. it's a pleasant distraction. a nice, relaxing past time. and carving is just part of life here in pittsburgh. a lot of people here whittle and for us for it was just part of family life. oh, full scale, so fulfilled of amelia had that. so her father was also a professional woodcarver. ruth girl has taken over his workshop and the several 100 figures he created. she's even been able to get her husband interested in the craft. a foster parent and his doses for the fascinating thing is that many plus

bag residents still have such nativity scenes at home. i think between 30 and 40 little 200. it's always been a tradition with us, so naturally we want to preserve it and keep evolving so that in the future it won't stagnate and die out. it's the in blood that i'm swift. a plus birth nativity scene also depicts current topics like the return of wolves to the region, the soccer world cup, and how coven vaccines split society, like an x through a log of this we've seen. why not love? i love when you see it altogether. it's like 10 christmas is all at once. seek the way it all harmonizes. it thrills people to even if they're kind of skeptical at 1st the sun. it's a joy that can't really be described in words. this is only for ideal mechanic in my consummate wasn't the vision. after christmas, the nativity figures will make their way back to the sellers and attics of the

people of plus bug, just waiting for next year. when now return to make the christmas story come alive . once again, i i'm finally christmas wouldn't be complete without a major feast. here roasted goose is on the menu and many a german household enjoyed on christmas day and to find out the best way to prepare it. we visited a top chef in the city of noon, beg, who gives us his tips for this holiday specialty. aah! roast goose and allison gingerbread. my 2 favorites here in germany at christmas. the gas house got no restaurant inert bag, southern germany ready serves race goose during the run up to christmas. as soon as the weather turns cold orders for the dash come pouring in like the sky. mischief on a hot night of the romantic hotel. ghast. how's houghton, i hear?

no, amber gardener. it will be roasting a goose, soft with red cabbage and dumplings. stiff and haughton a gets his gaze from a farm in lower bavaria. they are raised in an animal friendly way. i'd speak lightly, the quality of the gears is important that it ought to be free range in terms of size. i'd recommend geese weighing 4 and a half to 5 and a half ketone yod solution fee and hypo infringement. i'd kill law that's big enough to feed 4 to 5 people. for the stuffing he finally chopped onions, apples, celery stalks and ginger. then the goose is seasoned inside and out with salt and pepper. the goose then goes into the oven to bake for 30 minutes. at 116 degrees celsius, in the meantime, stiffened hot enough, prepare the red cabbage into apples and grates the potatoes for

the dumplings. they are typical for the region. only a quarter of the dough consists of boiled potato. the rest is made up of roll potatoes. december is the main season for this dish. the guns is in been in the winter, the goose is fattened the potatoes are harvested in the red cabbage is a winter vegetable which so in terms of the season, these 3 things go together wonderfully about the summit. the dumplings they cooked in salt water for 20 minutes. the goose has to be basted every 5 minutes. otherwise it would become dry. another 2 and a half hours or so at $200.00 degrees celsius, the goose is nice and crispy. it taste best when served straight out of the oven. for the gingerbread we had to dex back north west of new york bag baker. aunt abil is famous for his her maid gingerbread . especially during the festive season. we um, i mean,

we make the gingerbread from honey k die to his dad house, good old work. you can make a which his cottage out of it, for example. and the others, all the gingerbread cookies you spread on to wafers. right. and these cold and these inject brandy, ac, white to sugar and honey aster together and beaten until stiff. then the flour is mixed with a smiley face. aunt eval has a blend all his own. it includes cinnamon, cartman clothes, nutmeg and all thighs. he adds chopped, hazel nuts, and almonds. in the middle ages, the spices was set to possess healing properties, denali the name alison gingerbread, goes back to an urine bout baker, who wished to bake all the very best ingredients into a cake for his ailing daughter. and then she actually recovered it. her name was lisa, and the secret to the whole thing was the spices good. apple needs marty pan together

with candied orange and lemon peel and finely chopped. candied ginger. the sweet entangle paste is then mixed with beaten egg whites on the spices. then the paste is spread on to the wafers and baked in the oven. they need 10 to 12 minutes, depending on the size at 215 degrees celsius. the baker glazes, half of the lease and gingerbread cookies with sugar. the others, or iced with chocolate. adul hasn't little trick to make the cookies glisten. other insurance, mike, you had a bad shine for the gingerbread cookies when i'm the warm chocolate with hardened cold chocolate champ, hayden gladden information ginger bread and roast do sweet red cabbage and dumplings, traditional christmas fire engine. ah, that's all look so good. and with that, we wrap up the special edition of your max from all of us here in berlin. we want to wish you a wonderful holiday season. as always,

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