by Elf Helper | Christmas Blog
by Sherry Law Decorating trees during what has become known as the Christmas season began in Germany during the early 1800s. Nuts coated with sugar and pieces of candied fruit were the first German Christmas tree ornaments. Ornaments cut from gingerbread dough and...
by Elf Helper | Christmas Blog
As the story goes, the German Christmas pickle is an ancient Christmas eve tradition in Germany. Parents would hide an ornament shaped like a pickle somewhere in the the Christmas tree after all of the other ornaments had been hung. If a child found the ornament the...