Christmas Forum: German Christmas traditions
Posted by: Chris Whitten (chris@ThisIsToPreventSpam-98-RemoveThis.interesting.com) on 22 Nov 2002 at 6:19:11 PM
In-Reply-To: GERMAN NAME FOR SANTA posted by JOHN on 6:54:07 PM 19 Nov 2002
: I AM LOOKING FOR THE GERMAN NAME GIVEN TO WHAT NOW IS KNOW IN AMERICA AS "SANTA CLAUS". IF A HISTORY CAN BE GIVEN AS TO HOW THE NAME WAS GIVEN, THAT TOO, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
:Hi,
Here's a good page summarizing German Christmas traditions:
http://www.german-way.com/german/christmas.html
They write:
"Kris Kringle is a corruption Christkindl ('Christ Child' - It is the Christkindl who brings gifts on Christmas Eve in Germany, not Santa!)"
Chris
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