German Christmas Traditions

A fun read and informative. It covers a lot of traditions and gives some recipes. It was interesting to me as my Grandmother grew up in a German area of Kansas and we kept some of the traditions, but not the history behind them.

It's just okay, if you know nothing of German Christmas traditions. So much more could have been included than just a Bavarian's take on the traditions. Certainly overpriced for such little content. I've got German cook books that have as much content as this little booklet.

Received my book today, I was very disappointed in the contents, more about Christmas than actual recipes. Save your money, or buy the Kindle edition lots cheaper.

Short but decent text. Very interesting things from German culture. ***NOTE-I would have given it 5 stars if it had came with a blonde Lufthansa female flight attendant.

I would not recommend this book. The translations are incorrect. For example, the word "crib" is used as the translation for "Krippe"when the accurate translation is "Creche", as in Christmas Creche, or Manger. Krippe comes from the German "Futter Krippe", which means the container the hay is put in to feed the animals, in effect, the manger. Also, the word "diaper" is used instead of the authentic "swaddling cloths". One of the recipes calls for "1/3 of a bag of baking powder or baking soda", I promise you they are not interchangeable and the recipe will not turn out correctly.

Outstanding book! Excellent! This is one to buy and keep!. I wish this author would do books on other countries to share with my grandchildren 's different heritages. This is a rich book of culture. Thanks you so much for the wonderful information and the rich illustrations.

Sweet little book packed full with lovely traditions! A must especially to keep these going from generation to generation!

I bought this book just to see how accurate the traditions were descript and I must say it took me down memory lane of my childhood which I really enjoyed.

My German mother in law cried when she opened this book. I'd read the reviews so knew it would bring back happy memories.Shame it is a very flimsy paperback though.

This is a lovely guide to a German christmas. The Adventkrantz chapter brought backlovely memories we used the same one for many many years. In fact i think my parents still have it. is not something ive seen used here in the uk.I had dropped some of these traditions as i had got older but i shall be bringing a few back this year with my own children.

Bought for research. Very helpful, thank you.

Brill

It's a fun book, not massively in depth so just appreciate it for what it is. Took me 15 min to read.