The truth about ALL German HOLIDAYS! Monsters chase us through the streets?! 😱

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What holidays do Germans celebrate? What's Germany's national holiday? Do they celebrate Thanksgiving or Halloween? Who brings the Christmas presents? And what's up with that Krampus-monster chasing people through the streets in December?! I'll answer all of these questions and more in today's video about German holidays! :)
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0:00 Intro
2:01 New Year’s Day
2:42 Epiphany
3:54 Karneval
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@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

EDITS: 1) *Mother's Day* is on the second Sunday of May and not the third! 2) When I said there was no *separation of state and church in Germany* , I should have said "not in the way you'll see it in the US or in France for example". State and church are in fact separated in Germany, so there isn't a "state church" in Germany. However, it's not a laicist separation and there's still some overlap. Some examples are that we have many legal holidays that are based on Christian holidays, you'll find crosses hung up in public buildings, church members have to pay a church tax that the churches receive, and most German students have to attend religion classes in school (they get the option to take ethics classes instead).

@_np7 3 жыл бұрын

just klicked on the video xD

@dutchgamer842 3 жыл бұрын

You could also include Holland for religion and state separation, as a neighbor country of Germany

@jonlakota6450 3 жыл бұрын

But the Crosses in public buildings is a bavarian thing, isn't it? I live in hesse and never seen crosses in public building. Also most of the people here are evangelical and not catholic.

@thomaskalbfus2005 3 жыл бұрын

May 1st is my mother's birthday and also a Soviet holiday where they used to parade around missiles and tanks on Red Square in Moscow, considering Germany's recent past, I'm surprised they celebrate it. November 11th or Saint Martin's day is also Veterans day in the US and Armistice Day in other parts of Europe, as it commemorates the end of the Great War or World War I.

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonlakota6450 Possible, not sure if Bavaria is the only state who does that but even if it's just one state, it's a things that's allowed in Germany.

@Rescue162 3 жыл бұрын

You deserve an award for being a great ambassador for Germany.

@VesperHelsing 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Definately a Bundesverdienstkreuz should be in order for her.

@philiph6456 3 жыл бұрын

@@VesperHelsing I have seen people here get it for less!!

@huskydogable 3 жыл бұрын

Also a good ambassador for Cincinnati.

@rkalle66 3 жыл бұрын

In some parts of Germany they do celebrate Easter bonfires.

@wandilismus8726 3 жыл бұрын

Biikebrennen in Nordfriesland.

@PlanetofmyDreams 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, traditionally on Easter saturday.

@daseinhorn589 3 жыл бұрын

Adding something: in the Rheinland (I’m from cologne) the 1st of may is celebrated differently. We also have the Maibäume but they are very different from the ones in Bavaria. They are usually birch tress decorated with colorful crepp ribbons with a big red heart on them with the name of their lovers one. In the Night the Boys go around and put up this trees in front of the house where their girlfriend or love interest lives and have to protect the trees or else it can get stolen by other boys, wanting a tree for their loved one. In leap year the tradition is reversed and the girls have to set up a tree for their boys. And I think after placing 5 trees you have to marry :D

@petereggers7603 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, just wanted to post that too. The tradition of guarding your own/stealing another tree is quite the same. In little villages, boys who came in from other villages to set a tree for their girl have to pay a kind of toll too. Instead of a tree in some areas or villages heart shaped bouquets of paper flowers (with the first letter of girl's name in the middle) are hanged under the girl's window. Can be a pretty dangerous mission though...

@MsKaydee1982 3 жыл бұрын

Nicht zu vergessen, dass der 11. November nicht nur St. Martin ist, sondern (zumindest hier im Rheinland/Köln) der Beginn der 5.Jahreszeit/Karnevalssession! Um Punkt 11:11 Uhr am 11.11. startet Fasteleer! :)

@stephenvajs53 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a dear friend from Franconia used to talk about the start of Karnival at 11:11 on 11.11.

@patrickchambers5999 3 жыл бұрын

There are many people here in the states who only see the inside of a church twice a year. Easter and Christmas!

@thomasperez8051 3 жыл бұрын

CEO, Christians, Christmas and Easter Only! I have been guilty myself because the word is no longer preached in church. Not an excuse but it is what it is.

@vorsutus753 3 жыл бұрын

Wait... They have interiors?

@patrickchambers5999 3 жыл бұрын

@@vorsutus753 Yes. They even have seats and in the winter they often have heat.

@robertdendooven7258 3 жыл бұрын

@@vorsutus753 You have never been to a Church Wedding?

@vorsutus753 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdendooven7258 was a joke guys... I live in panama city Florida. I think they have a law here no more than 5 residents without another church being built. Even if I had never been to a wedding or church service I would still check out the insides of major ones they have some fantastic arcitecture.

@balancedactguy 3 жыл бұрын

Felichen!! Once the COVID mess is over, you should develop Guided Tours to Germany with YOU as the Guide!!

@Myrtone 3 жыл бұрын

She should probably get the vaccine first. In that case, maybe she should even post a story show her getting it.

@tobiasf991 3 жыл бұрын

We in Sachsen have a holiday which the other states don't have: The “Buß- und Bettag”. It is on the Wednesday before November 23. Many Saxons are using that day to go shopping in other states, especially Berlin. We are actually paying for that holiday because we pay more of our salary to the “Pflegeversicherung” than the other states. That is actually becoming more and more unfair because other states recently also introduced their own holidays (women's day in Berlin, children's day in Thüringen) without paying an extra to the “Pflegeversicherung”. The Bavarians with the most holidays are not paying that extra, too.

@doctorbills790 3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents were German in the USA so we had a bastardized version of Christmas that consisted of US and German traditions all jumbled together. Grossvater would get out the Akkordeon and the folk songs would flow all night. Grossmuter would make Wurst und Kartoffsalad oder Schinken und Kase zum abendessen.

@herbertblum7704 3 жыл бұрын

You got the best from both worlds. You lucky one.

@jameshitchens9045 3 жыл бұрын

I was in Bayern in the 80's and 90's and loved and appreciated the German Holidays as my mother's familie were if German descent. I was in Neu Ulm and in Nurnberg. One of my best memories was Christmas eve services in the Ulmer Muenster.

@nedmerrill5705 3 жыл бұрын

Easter: The first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring.

@Rescue162 3 жыл бұрын

In New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6 is the traditional beginning of Mardi Gras/Carnival season (It is the 12th day of Christmas and the "feast of the three kings") and they start selling King's Cakes.

@alexj9603 3 жыл бұрын

The King's Cakes are a thing in France and Switzerland, too. And the German Carnival season starts on November 11, at 11:11.

@gerdpapenburg7050 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see the different traditions around Germany. When I first came to Franconia from Western Germany I was impressed how the different villages have decorated their water fountains for Easter. Do they do it in Upper Bavaria, too?

@hp585 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, these village wells decorated with Easter eggs are truly beautiful! It's a quite new tradition though, starting in the early 20th century. It was originally limited to Fränkische Schweiz, a mountaneous region in Upper Franconia and ceased after WW II. It was revived later and spread a little bit to other parts of Germany, though I don't think it's really popular outside of Franconia. I've never seen any Easter well decoration in Upper Bavaria.

@FinalCountDown2.037 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad Dwight Shrute wasn't an accurate representation of German holidays.

@K__a__M__I 3 жыл бұрын

As a german i was quite surprised to learn that the Belzschnickel is actually a real thing. So, like in many ways, Dwight is a representation of german traditions from 200~ years ago.

@OffeJ83 3 жыл бұрын

@@K__a__M__I makes sense since he and Mose seem to be descendants of Amish Pennsylvania Dutch

@pauldegregorio6432 3 жыл бұрын

Dwight is Krampus 😯

@alexanderlapp5048 3 жыл бұрын

@@pauldegregorio6432, Couldn't you just see Dwight chasing people in the streets or malls? LOL 😆

@suedenim 3 жыл бұрын

@@OffeJ83 Dwight's family appear to be from some bizarre offshoot of the Amish that, among other things, are actually pagans.

@mattesneumann4500 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if there are similar traditions in south Germany, but in North Germany (I'm speaking as a person from Niedersachsen) there are many traditions in country regions on Pfingsten. The boys and men younger than 30 years in my village (and in the villages nearby) used to go into the woods and chop little birch trees (Pfingstbäume) for confirmed girls, business owners, a family with a new born baby or if someone in the household married. After that, everyone goes to the Frühtanz (Early dance?). Barbecues and of course a lot of beer and alcohol take place in this event, too. It's always a lot of fun.☝🏻😅

@windjager2177 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting thing you do in your village! We just exist My family doesnt really celebrate stuff.

@kordellcurl7559 10 ай бұрын

In Canada there’s Victoria Day, Canada Day, and Remembrance Day (which is remembering the soldiers and veterans who fought in the wars that Canada was in)

@nadesicond4018 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Happy Holidays, Felitzia! Can't wait for the next one.

@saschvina2973 3 жыл бұрын

Ich lebte über 5 Jahre in Amerika. Schöne Erfahrung aber ich bin so froh wieder in Deutschland zu leben 😇😇😇❤️👍

@MichaelSmith-ni4sq 3 жыл бұрын

I have a German ancestry so I watching your videos you're teaching me about my heritage so thankyou

@MikeBMW 3 жыл бұрын

This video is wonderful! Thank you! I have many great German friends and they will be surprised with my upcoming texts on holidays! :)

@ashton564 3 жыл бұрын

So I’ve been subscribed since you had 4,000 or so subscribers. I’m very proud of you for doing so well! Also you’ve improved my thoughts of Germany and Germans as a whole. That being said, I’m very glad we’ve been able to adopt you in the US!

@jeffjones4654 3 жыл бұрын

I remember Fasching when I was stationed in Mainz.

@NipkowDisk 3 жыл бұрын

Felicia, I am SO glad to see you pass 200K subscribers- CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

@kdkpt 3 жыл бұрын

I have been well aware for years now that having been raised Lutheran in the US exposed me to German food and traditions, but I’m still learning just how “German” that experience was. It was more German than I was aware of at the time, and most of the things I learn about German culture that are both surprisingly and comfortably familiar to me come from that experience.

@DarkPesco 5 ай бұрын

Make a Christmas playlist! And add to it from what you already have! You're awesome!!!

@stevefraser7501 Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of Krampus. Sounds fantastic whilst being a really good way of keeping kids in line!😂

@haileeraestout5567 11 ай бұрын

In The Usa God Will Not Allow Such A Beast To TOUCH A Child So Yeah Be Sure To Bless Your House In Christ's Name I'll Teach You How To Kick That MONSTER Out Of Your Town If We Meet Believe Me Once Christ Enters Your Heart #FeliFromGermany Its A Whole Nother Experience And You Wont Celebrate Another "Pagan" Holiday No More So All You Do Is Introduce Yourself To Him And No Monster Will Never Chase You Around AGAIN And He Loves You

@dedaniel7498 2 жыл бұрын

I'm also from Bavaria but I grew up in a village and on December 6th we didn't do the thing with the shoes but instead a guy dressed up as saint Nicolaus and a guy dressed up as Krampus came to our house and told us what we did good and what we need to do better and after that we got some presents from them.

@berlindude75 3 жыл бұрын

In the city state of Berlin, instead of Reformation Day (October 31), the non-religious International Women's Day (March 8) was introduced as a public holiday two years ago. Shame it fell on a weekend this year (2020) because in Germany any such public holiday that falls on a weekend will not be moved to the Monday of the following week as in various other countries.

@goldminer754 3 жыл бұрын

It is such a shame that in the other northern states we got another Christian holiday when we could have something actually worth celebrating like "Tag der Aufklärung" or international womens day.

@zaram131 3 жыл бұрын

I have some German heritage as well and I live in a quaint German town in the Midwest. Many of the German traditions are still going here, such as Oktoberfest, Christbaumfest, christkindlmarket, sängerfest, the Maypole, a beer garden, winery, German restaurant, a German immigrant memorial, along with a close knit community of descendants. I’m very interested in more glimpses into the culture. Thank you for sharing.

@redfelix78 3 жыл бұрын

the traditions you mentioned are mostly south german traditions, or more specific bavarian traditions. thats not a bad thing, i just want to say that germany is very diverese when it comes to tradition. it realy depends where you are when it comes to traditions. they can be very diffrent. Feli does a great job, it is just that her point of view is a very southern german one.but i am pretty sure she knows that cause she is a very smart and educated women :)

@danperlmutter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this great video I'm glad you're getting to spend the holidays at home with your family!

@brianclausen2344 3 жыл бұрын

Froehlicke Weinachten, Feli! Alles gut zum Neues Jahre! Thanks again for explaining the differences and similarities betweenn Germany and America! Be safe!

@wonka6848 2 жыл бұрын

Following Wikipedia Krampus is only available in southern Bavaria and the Oberpfalz, a part of Bavaria. So is the hunt. In the rest of Germany the sidekick of Nikolaus is Knecht Ruprecht. Can you compare "German" churches vs. "American" churches? In TV it looks to me in the US there are many small churches that are not related directly to the catholic or protestant church, whereas in Germany there are almost only the catholic and protestant church.

@alex.profi27 5 ай бұрын

In whole of europe there is only the catholic,protestant and orthodox churches And that s the only christian churches there are The us has mainly sects of christianity That s why they are weird in regards to that

@Greyhawk4x4 3 жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of Silvester from when I lived in Germany during the late 80s. So many fireworks!! Amazing parties!

@TomPauls007 3 жыл бұрын

When in Deuschland, we put our shoes in the hallway on Cmas eve and hope to have cool stuff in them next AM. Kind of like the socks over the fireplace here in US. Hopefully, the shoes are fresh inside!!

@windjager2177 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh. Like Nikolaus! Just on thst day

@Xavier_915 3 жыл бұрын

You make me want to learn German!!! Gorgeous!! Another cool vid!!!

@071949 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Feli, Always happy to see a new video from you. I hope you had a good visit w/ the family. Happy New Year 2021!

@weiserwolfsgeist 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Bielefeld for a while and I remember during Easter they had a big neighborhood gathering with a giant bonfire and was told they do that everywhere. That was fun 😊

@jimtaylor2443 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you are enjoying your holiday at home. Thank you for your teaching.

@tabscapturedmoments5229 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos. So educational. Thank You.

@chadsuke 3 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy New Year to you too :)

@littleflower9536 3 жыл бұрын

How cool! We do the house blessing using blessed chalk on Epiphany and we put it above our front door and also our bedroom doors. We eat those jelly doughnuts on Fat Tuesday too, but they are called Paczki and are Polish!

@Gr8man4sex 3 жыл бұрын

Feli that was a great video. I always learn so much from your videos. Your are the best.

@josephstevens9888 3 жыл бұрын

I was raise Catholic, and still a practicing the faith, so many of the holidays you mention are very familiar to me. It appears that May 1st is pretty much a holiday everywhere around the globe except in the United States. I work in the auto industry with people from many different nations around the world, and they confirmed this for me. Great video Felicia! Keep up the good work.

@boink800 3 жыл бұрын

Bavaria is a majority Catholic state in Germany and they do their best to celebrate most of the Catholic holidays. The time just before, during and after Lent is when most of the Catholic holidays are.

@folkehoffmann1198 3 жыл бұрын

May 1st is actually our labor day here in Germany. From what I remember, in the U.S. labor day is at the beginning of September, isnt it?

@melindar.fischer5106 3 жыл бұрын

@@folkehoffmann1198 Yes. In the U.S.A. Labor Day is the first Monday in September.

@josephstevens9888 3 жыл бұрын

@@folkehoffmann1198 Labor Day in the United States is celebrated on the first Monday in September. Also, it seems that many nations observe May 1 as their Labor Day. If I'm not mistaken, isn't May 1 "International Worker's Day"

@folkehoffmann1198 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephstevens9888 I dont know about that, sorry.

@oxigenarian9763 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - best wishes for you in the coming year!

@morlewen7218 3 жыл бұрын

Feli missed Mary's Ascension (August 15) and the Piece Fest in Augsburg (August 8). In some regions November 11 is celebrated as the start of the Karneval season. In Cologne Mainz and Düsseldorf you will see massive festive activities on that day, Buß- und Bettag (November 17) is also missing on the list.

@giovannah540 3 жыл бұрын

In Spain we have more or less the same holidays as in Germany, given that most of our festive days are also based in Christian traditions. Although there are differences of course. The first ones that pop up in my head are August 15 (it's a national day off. Regardless, it is the day when the most villages and cities have their saints, and thus it is widely celebrated), October 12 (which is our national day. There are parades in our capital city -Madrid- where the King and Queen are present) and December 6 and 8 (which is when we commemorate the Spanish Constitution and the National Saint, respectively). We do get bank holidays on those days, and although you are "supposed" to go to church, I don't myself as I'm not religious.

@alexj9603 3 жыл бұрын

August 15 ist also a public holiday in the predominantly Catholic areas of Germany, including southern Bavaria.

@folkehoffmann1198 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Berlin the world women day (march 8th) is a holiday now as well. That's because many holidays are actually regional and Berlin had fewer holidays than every other state of Germany.

@mayak595 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up near Düsseldorf and as a teenager I especially loved one tradition related to may 1st: young men would decorate their own "Maibaum", usually a big branch of a birch tree with ribbons in it and bring it to the house of their girlfriend or crush in the night before may 1st. it was kind of a big thing among yong girls to see who will get a maibaum in front of their house and speculate which guy gave a tree to which girl. The boys instead tried to outdo other guys by choosing the biggest branch they can find and put it somewhere high on the house of the girl or just in front of the girl's bedroom window. sometimes those risky adentures ended in hospital.

@TMD3453 3 жыл бұрын

Total Klasse GGIA! Happy new year!

@69Aphrodite52 3 жыл бұрын

This is so great reminded me about the holidays when I lived in Austria. Also over Christmas we had Advent Fenster. So each house in the village decorated a window until 24th December, we would tour the village looking at the windows with the children. Did you have this in Germany too?

@rainer6757 3 жыл бұрын

Ach! Ich liebe deine Videos. Finde dein Englisch super, vorallem, weil sogar ich, mit meinem schwachen Englisch dich so problemlos verstehe und auch immer wieder was von dir lerne, abgesehen davon, bist du einfach eine supersympatische Person! Danke für deine tollen Beiträge! Servus nach Bayern aus Wien! #teamchristkind Guten Rutsch ins 2021er!

@gabidemagic 3 жыл бұрын

No it Was "god bless this house" first.... then people began to say "Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar"

@jurgenwilhelm5412 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest I thought that too, but Feli is right. In some regions of Europe (e.g. czech rep.) it is KMB till today (Kaspar as the local name) and early sources never describe it as the latin version. So 'christus mansionem benedicat' seems to be an invention of the 50s of the last century.

@Ul.B 2 жыл бұрын

@@jurgenwilhelm5412 No, since the K+M+B stands for Kyrios mansionem benedicat.

@ShadySheev 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know that "Martinssingen" wasn't common in all of Germany. As a child we always went through the neighborhood with our lanterns, in groups up to 10 people or so, rang at doors and sang a couple of songs for those who opened. In exchange for singing, we got some candies and people usually also gave some money for a good cause. Here in northern Germany we also didn't have those goose pastries but so called "Martinshörnchen", which were a kind of croissant made from yeast dough, glazed with frosting and filled with jam. They were delicious!

@graceschurig744 2 жыл бұрын

I love Christmas! We all go to church every Sunday leading up to Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve we usually spend it with immediate family. And then Christmas Day we spend it with additional family.. but we do leave our trees up till epiphany Jan. 6, then taking it down later.

@Saskue78 3 жыл бұрын

Always interesting videos. Have a wonderful newuesrs eve and great New year. ☺☺☺

@ronalds2080 3 жыл бұрын

Your beautiful smile always brightens my day Felicia. 😁❤💙

@davidschlecht3016 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are very interesting and educational . I think this can go a long way to help people to realize that we are more the same than we are different. I hope you are enjoying your stay with family and then welcome back to Cincinnati!🎄🎄❄

@williampalenik7306 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of good information you gave here in this video, and a Happy New Year to you

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

Same to you!

@andrear.berndt9504 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video Feli. Guten Rutsch allerseits! 💥🐞🐖🍀💥

@stephanteuscher6583 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Guten Rutsch!

@hp585 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, no-one could have explained our holiday traditions better! However, church and state *are* basically separated by constitution. That's a very, very complex topic though...

@ebouwens 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had known the details of Fasching and St Martin's day when I arrived to study in Bavaria many years ago. This video would have helped me to appreciate it more at that time.

@johnholler6149 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you again Felicia I enjoy your videos. can't wait for you to get back to the U.S. ,Because I sent you something before I learned you were in Germany for the Holidays. I hope you like it.

@stevenskorich7878 3 жыл бұрын

Now I know what inspired the song "Laufet ihr, kinder!". It must have been Krampus. I'd run!

@johndelong7795 3 жыл бұрын

Did you know that Covington, KY used to have a Maifest? It was put on by the Mainstrasse Village Association that also used to put on the Covington Oktoberfest. But it they were pretty much the same festival, except one was in May.

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I've heard of it :)

@merlinbroaddus 3 жыл бұрын

You said you made a lantern as a little girl, any pictures of your lanterns??? That sounds wonderful!!!!!!!!! I LOVE your videos. I had the pleasure of visiting Bavaria back in the late 80s, 1989. Went to Garmisch for skiing. It was AMAZING!!! I SOOOOO want to go back!!!!!

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

Check my Instagram! :)

@jimjames1920 3 жыл бұрын

Good Job Feli !!!

@MP-jo4hb 3 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you In New Orleans we celebrate carnival. It’s a 2 week event with floats and the riders throw doubloons, beads and other trinkets to the crowd. I enjoy the festivities and the people that come from from around the world. I’m sad that it was canceled for 2021.

@geoffcook3147 3 жыл бұрын

love this channel ty

@danielgarrett979 3 жыл бұрын

With Krampus for Christmas and the Brothers Grimm for fairy tales, you Germans really know how to celebrate the joys and innocence of children. Lol. Hoping all will have a happy New Year!

@haisheauspforte1632 3 жыл бұрын

But I have never heard of Krampus before, and I am from Germany... Seems to be an Bavarian/Austrian thing

@folkehoffmann1198 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! It was you guys who made our fairytales famous world wide (instead of only in the German speaking countries) by producing movies like "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", and "Tangled" 😉😂 However here in Germany (I dunno about the rest of the world) I guess most children are young and innocent enough not to read between the lines when it comes to the Grimm fairytales. I heard them as a kid and at that age I dont think I understood what they actually meant from an adults' point of view. To me they were probably more like happy stories!

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

@@haisheauspforte1632 It is, mostly Austrian.

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

@@folkehoffmann1198 Cinderella (Cendrillon) is of French origin, the Grimm's version is 100 years younger (and slightly different).

@RustyDust101 3 жыл бұрын

@@folkehoffmann1198 Umm, 'happy' stories?!? Really?!? You must have been told the watered-down reimported American versions. Because the original Gebrüder Grimm tales are sometimes pretty horrifying. Like the sisters in Cinderella cutting off either their toes or their heels to fit into the glass shoe of Cinderella. Or Hänsel & Gretel Hänsel finding an old finger bone of a previous victim and using it to fool the witch about him still being too skinny. Or the witch being pushed into her oven and burned alive. Or the results of Rapunzel's lover falling from the tower into a hedge of thorns and having his eyes pierced so he was blinded... Nearly every Grimm's Fairy tales has some bloody aspect in it. None of them are the white-washed, namby-pamby Disney versions. You get my drift, right?

@Anna-ii4xu 3 жыл бұрын

It's super interesting how traditions and holidays change throughout the region and also depend on whether or not you are religious.... I'm from the Ruhr Area and grew up catholic, so for me Heilige Drei Könige, Pfingsten and Christi Himmelfahrt and a lot of other holidays are quite nicely celebrated holidays. Also, since I'm a scout, we usually have a camp on the Pfingstwochenende. And since I went to a catholic school, we always went to church on Aschermittwoch and got an ash cross on our forehead.

@jefersonvargas681 3 жыл бұрын

I love ur videos, hugs from Brazil!!

@FelifromGermany 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@CapitalJ25 3 жыл бұрын

What the what? This is very interesting information and very thorough.

@huawafabe 3 жыл бұрын

i'm from rural Bavaria and we still do the "Maibaum stehlen" (may pole stealing), it's amazing :D

@DSP16569 3 жыл бұрын

In the Rhine/Eifel-Region Bachelors put a decorated Mai tree in front of the Window (or if not possible in front of the house) of their girl friend at the night before May 1st. Here is also the tradition that if your girl-friend lives in a neighboor village you have to talk to the local bachelor's association before and get an approvement to put the tree. Additionally in some regions stealing the tree's of other bachelors is a tradition and they have to protect the tree until morning. - But legally this is real stealing and therefore illegal and the stealing tradition dies "by law".

@yadniwasok8083 3 жыл бұрын

Our village actually managed the stealing one year and therefore we were allowed to add a 'Schandbaum' (shamepole) to our maypole to remember it after the other village bought their maypole back.

@rominef 3 жыл бұрын

@@DSP16569 We have a similar thing here in Lower Austria. We also have a pretty mean tradition of secret couples or crushes being outed by their friends by drawing a line of chalk on the streets between their houses.

@davidblum7125 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, as usual. Little bits and pieces of German holidays scattered throughout the American, especially Halloween. My mom spent some time in Germany in the early fifties, you know in the city with the cathedral, (like that helps) and she was a cultural vampire. If she loved something about a country, she would adopt it for the family. So before she left, she bought some wooden molds and would bake springerle every year on Christmas. I never could get past the taste, but the molds were almost works of art. Have a happy New Year and a safe flight back to Cincinnati.

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

Halloween has Irish (Gaelic) roots.

@davidblum7125 3 жыл бұрын

@@Henning_Rech it does, but Felicia mentioned a holiday in April (going from memory) that included teens pulling pranks. That is a Halloween tradition in the states. That was what I was commenting on specifically.

@DieinnereStimme 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to München Felica! Love, Felix

@a.biermann2133 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Rheinland-Pfalz and in this part of Germany it is a common tradition to go on a 'Maiwanderung' (=may hiking trip?) on May 1st. You meet up with friends and just go outdoors. Like on Fathers day there is a lot of alcohol involved... So it's basically a drinking trip

@scorpionsunday9483 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year to you

@blueraineyplaysakablueeyed9125 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos :)

@Fred100159 3 жыл бұрын

My family does the Christmas holiday like you do - Christmas Eve we decorated the tree and it came down around the 6th. My Dad's mom was born on a boat in NYC harbor coming from Germany. Her older sister, Tanta Anna, was born in Germany. She was a nun and spoke mostly German. I have a letter from the Kaiser telling my Great Grandfather to report for duty to help defend Germany during WWI. (He didn't go...)

@TheHappyCooker68 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Feli, thanks for reviewing German holidays. Mother's Day in the United States is celebrated on the second Sunday in May, rather than the third Sunday in May.

@folkehoffmann1198 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think she made a little mistake cause I am pretty sure we celebrate it on the second sunday in May in Germany as well.

@thomaskalbfus2005 3 жыл бұрын

Are you related to the General by the way?

@gacdogs8282 3 жыл бұрын

I have become addicted to your channel! Please continue for as long as possible. You have a very promising future my dear. Your intelligence certainly shows when you speak. In my opinion ( I know everyone has an opinion) you need to be in the educational arena at some level. Keep up the great work and may great things happen to you and yours. Thank you!!!

@jurgenrathjen5965 3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to "Dinner for One"

@Cadfael007 3 жыл бұрын

... and the Silvesterpunsch from Ekel Alfred!

@95brickhaus14 3 жыл бұрын

Those boo hands 😂😂

@allisonhamilton1245 2 ай бұрын

We honor our German heritage by celebrating on Christmas Eve as the family gift and snack night. Christmas Day is a traditional formal dinner. We also eat Pork and Sauerkraut for New Year's Day.

@joemercury100 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@Jess-Rabbit 3 жыл бұрын

Laughed so hard at the intro. Youre hilarious girl

@timsongster 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you have a awesome new year

@miltmarhoffer729 3 жыл бұрын

Felicia, with your stories of general sananigans in germany especially with the mustard filled berliner, i had tears if my eyes. Yes, i thought it was that funny. Well, that, and stealing town maypoles

@oauthoracle6942 3 жыл бұрын

We celebrate st. Nicholas in my hometown in central Mn. Very heavy German hermitage in my town. We always waited for a knock on the door from st nick.

@mr_bottomtooth 3 жыл бұрын

When you live in northern Germany and about a third of these holiday do not exist here... D: Then again, I'm quite relieved that Karneval is hardly a thing over here because I always found it to be really annoying and even borderline unbearable. *sry* :P In fact, most of Northern and Eastern Germany do not really celebrate Karneval at all (children up to the age of roughly 10 do so at best) so it being labeled as a "major celebration" felt kinda strange for me personally. :D Also I strongly refuse to consider the location of the Brocken "Northern Germany"! :P It is about 400 km (~250 miles) south of where I live so "Central Germany" would be a more appropriate term in my opinion. :) Oh, I almost forgot: Great video once again! :) Also, please forgive a "Fischkopp" * like me for being a little nitpicky at times. :D * for those who don't know, that is a humorous term for a person from the north of Germany - and I mean "NORTH north" as in right at the coasts or a maximum of 20 miles inland. :P

@gaskaramona 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts, thank you! :D Grüße von einem Bremer Fischkopp.

@lannaweasley533 3 жыл бұрын

As a person who lives in NRW i would be so offended if she would have left out Karneval. For me it's one of the most fun snd important holidays after Christmas and Easter.

@mr_bottomtooth 3 жыл бұрын

@@lannaweasley533 Sure it is 100% valid to be in this video and I agree that it would be inappropriate to be left out since a large portion of Germany does celebrate it to a significant degree. I merely said that where I am from it is not celebrated and I personally am not too sad about this fact. :P But in the end this shows how vastly different the various regions of Germany are in terms of culture and that's something I consider to be very interesting. :)

@lannaweasley533 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr_bottomtooth Yes i understand. It's interesting to see the different holidays. I personally never celebrated the 1st May for example.

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

> Also I strongly refuse to consider the location of the Brocken "Northern Germany"! :P > It is about 400 km (~250 miles) south of where I live So you live in Denmark in the Kolding area? - Brocken Flensburg is 300 km. - BrockenGarmisch is 490 km.

@Sennahoj_DE_RLP 7 ай бұрын

5:51 You forgot Ahoi! In the region where i life(around Ludwigshafen at the Rhein) this is said.

@bosconti1979 3 жыл бұрын

Since you guys are already in 2021, Happy New Years!!!

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

You should mention that only a minority of German states (3 out of 16) have january 6th as holiday.

@rivenoak 3 жыл бұрын

Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Saxony-Anhalt. as it is wednesday in 2021 and corona and lockdown happens the few days before and afterwards may be off work too.

@PNL-DJ-1 3 жыл бұрын

I think she prefaced it as, “In Bavaria...”

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

@@PNL-DJ-1 Nice that you think, listening would be better: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ap6Jn8ph2smVk2w.html

@alexanderlapp5048 3 жыл бұрын

Epiphany is a tradition in the Lutheran Church. I don't recall much of a celebration for it, but it was a day of significance on the church calendar. Thank you for the informative video. Happy New Year. Oh and sometimes lead is used to celebrate new year's eve around here. How you ask? We shoot guns at midnight.

@PM_Nunya_Bidness 3 жыл бұрын

The way I remember the day the Berlin Wall fell is from that book by Thomas Friedman - two of the most significant events to shape current affairs, 9/11 & 11/9.

@Henning_Rech 3 жыл бұрын

November 9th has many shades in German history: 1918 proclamation of the first German republic 1923 Hitler-Ludendorff coup (unsuccessful) 1938 "Reichspogromnacht" 1989 opening of the Berlin wall Because of 1923 and especially 1938 one has renounced to proclaim nov 9th as our national holiday, an otherwise obvious move.