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What are the handicrafts in Germany

Christmas is a traditional European holiday, it can be said that Christmas is the biggest event in Europe, so in the advent of Christmas, the market will appear a lot of Christmas ornaments, and Germany in the Christmas season is the most unique Christmas crafts Christmas tower. The Christmas tower can be blown by the wind to rotate, and the tower also has a delicate wood carving. During the Christmas season, every family in Germany will put Christmas tower, Christmas tower size is also different, the German people will be as high as several meters of Christmas tower outside, so that the street more with the festive atmosphere, and small Christmas tower people will be placed in the home viewing, of course, there is also not too small tower, this kind of medium-sized Christmas tower can be lighted on the top of the rotating candles. The most famous Christmas tower production in Germany is the village of Schaffen, here will produce a lot of detailed Christmas tower and a variety of handicrafts, they produce Christmas tower although each piece is not the same, but each piece has religious characteristics. Speaking of which, we can't forget the traditional German doll, the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker can also be considered a Christmas gift and is very popular. Nutcracker is a kind of painted doll, in fact, his real identity is a kind of tool used to clip broken walnuts. Later, people in order to the beauty of the nutcracker, modeled after fairy tale characters, the nutcracker decorated into a variety of dolls, from the nutcracker will begin to popularize. In fact, the Nutcracker in the German people also seriously with special symbolism, they believe that the Nutcracker can bring luck to the family, can protect the family's peace. Germany's Erzgebirge Seifen woodcut handicrafts is also very famous, where almost every family is making Christmas ornaments and a variety of handicrafts and toys.