15 Christmas Traditions Only Germans. Do only religious Germans celebrate Christmas? Four Sundays before Christmas, they make an Advent wreath of fir or pine branches with four colored candles.
As in many other Christian countries, Christmas is the most special time of the year in Germany. Four Sundays before Christmas, they make an Advent wreath of fir or pine branches with four colored candles. St Nicholas Day is a favorite holiday with German children.
Christmas looks a lot differently in other parts of the world.
John's Co-Cathedral during Advent and a dizzying display of Christmas lights on Republic Street.
What are Christmas traditions in Germany? The language is also related to a smaller degree to North and the now extinct East Germanic languages. In fact, there's so much to do that German Christmas begins well before Christmas Eve.