Christmas festival of joy
Christmas Is a festival that brings joy and celebration. When Christmas appears in December, the ringing Bell of Christmas starts early in September, when all the supermarket are filled with different biscuits and gingerbread which has the whole significance of Christmas gradually the market is overwhelmed with the Christmas market and the radio start playing the Christmas songs, lights bringing the pleasure of festivity but Germany has a very different case when it comes to Christmas and it has distinct features which we will see in our article.
The exceptional case of Germany
If he discusses this exceptional case of Germany it is essentially the festival of Christian people but we see that more than 81% of people in Germany celebrate Christmas which is why they are not concerned or connected with the religious belief.
Religious belief or not?
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and people who celebrate it have no religious belief towards the festival. It is celebrated as the festivity of magnificence, light and connection to family.
Less number of church visits
It became a family tradition as initially it was connected to visiting Church on the day of Christmas Nowadays, after the Pandemic people go to church. Before the pandemic era, more than 23% of people visited church but after the pandemic, this rate was around 15.4% which was revealed by one of the study topics.
The traditional or modern
The Christmas tradition which is followed in Germany, according to a survey conducted by Statista. They get to know that innumerable people love to decorate the Christmas tree and put on different types of lights.
The question is what kind of tree they opt for, some go for the artificial Christmas tree and some go for the original in the matter. More than 43% of people said that they were going to buy a real Christmas tree and 24% opted for an Artificial Christmas tree.
The gifting tradition.
The query of gifting is also exceptionally impressive and numerous surveys revealed how people love to give different types of things on Christmas. For illustration, 44% of people love to give simple money or vouchers. Some again love gifts and different types of food items. Around 37% are the kind of people. Some people also give toys around 34%, people who give clothes 32%, and people who love to give books 30%.
The tradition in Germany
The Christmas celebrated in Germany is perfectly lovely on the 24th of December which is Christmas Eve and becomes very jam-packed. When people are shopping and buying things, decorations and the celebration take place on the 25th and 26th of December. Even if Christmas falls on the weekend, shops remain open and crowded with people who are buying distinct things, festival food gifts and everything else.
Connects family
The families meet everyone. families also have a tradition of playing games, music and dancing and singing together. After the meal, they sit under the Christmas tree and unwrap all the gifts they get. It is a festival which connects people with their family and everyone else around them.