December 24 christmas eve heiligabend is when families gather around the christmas tree and. To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in german, listen to the podcast. Christmas eve, day and boxing day in munich germany. In germany, austria and switzerland christmas eve is the. Christmas vocabulary in german german language blog. Heiligabend is the evening of the 24th of december, the term might also refers to the whole day before christmas day. Holiday and festivities calendar for austria, germany, switzerland.
December 2020 calendar with holidays germany wincalendar. There may be a restaurant at another hotel open the mainz hilton perhaps, but even that might be on a residents only basis the only other possibility might be an ethnic restaurant, perhaps in mainz rather than wiesbaden itself, but the truth is that there is little demand. Weve got 15 german christmas phrases to start your holiday off right and get you in the spirit of the. Download our free birthday and holiday calendar in pdf format. Today, paris requires every year 40,000 christmas trees, onefourth of which are used by german, old alsatian, austrian, and swiss families. Christmas eve is special for everyone in germany, even though it is celebrated quite differently across the country. How to celebrate christmas like a german california. In 1870 the german armies celebrated their christmas in german fashion in france, and many bright lights shone forth on that christmas eve. Lets talk about how christmas eve, or in german heiligabend.
It is unlikely that any restaurants would be open on christmas eve anyway and even more so with it being a sunday. It starts out as a normal work day, however, in the afternoon shops and offices will be closed to prepare for the holidays. Over 100,000 german translations of english words and phrases. Christkind, deutsche weihnachten christ child, german christmas eve gifts and the tree. St nicholas day sankt nikolaus tag st nicholas day is a favorite holiday with german children. Holidays and celebrations in germanspeaking europe the. German translation of christmas eve the official collins english german dictionary online. Log in to download your free cheat sheet how to start learning a.
Christmas in germany and austria rick steves travel forum. With the shops open for a few hours in the morning, people are given a last opportunity to grab extra gifts or forgotten recipe ingredients. Sometimes, when the kinder children are not old enough yet, the bescherung the handing out of the presents takes place in the afternoon. Christmas eve heiliger abend is celebrated in germany on december 24. Why there are no presents for germans on christmas day. German translation of christmas eve collins english. It is the last day of advent and the start of the christmas season. Christmas in germany with kerstin hammes cable 12 days. Heiligabend christmas eve christmas eve isnt a public holiday across germany however most businesses are only open for half a day. Restaurant christmas eve heiligabend wiesbaden forum. All about christmas in germany, traditions and customs from advent to christmas day, the christmas markets and christmas eve. Many people spend the afternoon and evening decorating christmas trees, attending church services, eating traditional dishes and opening christmas presents. The holy night heilige nacht or christnacht is the night from the 24th to the 25th of december.
German christmas traditions weihnachten in deutschland. Today, the 24th of december, is christmas eve, or as we call it in germany heiligabend translated holy night. Christmas traditions in britain and germany anglodeutsch. Heiligabend christmas eve in germany transparent language. Christmas day weihnachtstag heiligabend boxing day zweiter weihnachtstag. Well, in germany, it is on the heiliger abend literally holy evening, christmas eve, or more commonly, heiligabend or weihnachtsabend, that geschenke presents are ausgepackt unwrapped.
This is the day families and friends exchange their gifts. Although there are two legal holidays in germany, austria, most cantons of switzerland and liechtenstein for christmas, christmas eve is not one of them, and in switzerland many companies and stores are open for a halfday in the morning until 4 p. Weihnachten is the observance of what is commonly known in english as christmas eve in the germanspeaking countries such as germany, austria and. Many translated example sentences containing christmas eve german english dictionary and search engine for german translations. Christmas translation german englishgerman dictionary. Folklorevolume 3german christmas and the christmastree. Well, in germany, it is on the heiliger abend literally holy evening, christmas eve, or more commonly, heiligabend or weihnachtsabend. In 1869 firtrees could be got at most of the markets in paris. See more ideas about german christmas, christmas in germany, christmas.
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