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Early German Christmas Traditions

EARLY GERMAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

My parents were born in Germany in the first decade of the twentieth century, though they did not meet until many years after they arrived in America. My mother was a Lutheran from what was then Prussia, and my father was Bavarian and Catholic. Since different parts of Germany had different Christmas traditions, my life as a child was a bit confused when the holidays were upon us. It was as if an Episcopalian from Massachusetts married a holy roller...

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