Some of my favourite Christmas memories are with my grandparents in Germany. I remember snow drifting past the windows while we sang traditional carols and shared slices of homemade stollen around the ...

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As the sky darkens over the town square, families gather in anticipation. The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

Patrons gather beneath Christmas decorations at Rolf’s German Restaurant in New York City, echoing older traditions of communal celebration like wassailing and caroling.