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By Brendan Balcom And Cody |
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Nickerson |
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Population in Germany is 82,369,552. |
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Map of Germany. |
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Christmas in Germany is celebrated on December
25. |
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Main language in Germany is German. |
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Froehliche Wienachten is how they say Merry
Christmas. |
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Yes there is a Christmas tree. |
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A Christmas tree is decorated with Christmas
lights and beautiful ornaments during the days around Christmas. An angel
or star is often placed at the top of the Christmas tree, representing the
host of angels or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity story. |
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Santa Claus is the legendary and mythical figure
who in many Western cultures,
brings gifts to the homes of the good children during the evening and
overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24[1] or on his Feast Day, December
6 (Saint Nicholas Day).[2] |
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he is rather chubby. |
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his legs are tubby. |
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he's got a beard. |
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Merry Christmas |
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The important Christmas character is Saint
Nicholas. |
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He is important because he delivers all the
gifts to all the little children. |
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The traditional foods are: Champignon
Lchnitte,Rote Riilensalet,Lhatyle,Pfeffernusse, |
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Directions |
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Place brown sugar and butter in large mixer
bowl. Cream with electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Beat in eggs and
extracts. Add remaining ingredients, except confectioners sugar, to sifted
flour and sift again. Gradually add to butter mixture, mixing well. Cover
and refrigerate 2 hours. |
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Shape
teaspoonfuls of dough into ovals and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie
sheets. Bake 10 minutes. |
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Remove from cookie sheets and place on wire
racks. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar while cookies are still warm. When
cookies are cool, store in airtight containers. |
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Wines and
Liquor,Coffee,Tea,Milk,Ganseleraten,Green Beans in
Fuielellutter,Lchwarzwalder Kirshtorte,Koniginhastete,Bayerisches Kraut. |
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Ingredients- |
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1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar |
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1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened |
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2 eggs |
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1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract |
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1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract |
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1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Anise Extract |
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1 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon |
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1 teaspoon baking powder |
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1/2 teaspoon salt |
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1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Black Pepper |
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1/8 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg |
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1/8 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cloves |
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1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour |
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Good girls and boys get toys, sweets and fruits. |
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Bad girls and boys get coal. |
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Some unique things are:December 6 is the day of Nikolaus.
The night before, children clean a pair of their shoes and leave them
outside their bedroom door. If the child was good during the past year,
Nikolaus will fill the shoes with candy overnight. |
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Map of
Germany-http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=Germany&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=TF79SojvDcrUngeqtbGbCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCwQsAQwAw |
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Population of
Germany-http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:DEU&q=population+of+germany |
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Picture of a Christmas tree-http://imnotbenny.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/christmas-tree-lights1.jpg |
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Picture of Santa Claus-http://hollywoodroaster.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/santa_claus.jpg |
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Is there a Santa Claus in Germany- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus |
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Christmas food menu for Germany-Christmas in
Germany |
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How to say Merry Christmas in German and the
dates Christmas is celebrated on-http://www.cs.umb.edu/~alilley/xmas.html |
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Some unique thing about Christmas in
Germany-http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091108092738AAGFvbJ |
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http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pfeffernusse-2/detail.aspx |
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