Germany’s World of Handmade Christmas Traditions

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We travelled to Seiffen in Germany's Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) to explore where traditional wooden Christmas decorations were born. From simple wooden toys to the angels, pyramids and candle arches we grew up with - this is the story behind it all. Surrounded by fresh snow, we stopped into a real winter wonderland of German Christmas. We also visited Wendt & Kühn in nearby Grünhainichen - the family-run business which is world-famous for its hand-painted wooden angels, figurines and music boxes. It's a glimpse into the magical Christmas world in Germany! Enjoy! P.S. You might notice that some of the subtitles are out of syn. YouTube scrambled the timeline while working on it. I tried to correct it until 2.30am on publishing day until I was completely exhausted and had to give up. I wasn't able to repair it so at times it runs very fast and at other times it's too slow. _____ *THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPONSORED* WENDT & KÜHN: https://www.wendt-kuehn.de (*A MILLION THANKS TO THE ENTIRE WENDT & KÜHN TEAM*) ERZGEBIRGISCHES FREILICHTMUSEUM & SPIELZEUGMUSEUM: https://www.spielzeugmuseum-seiffen.de/freilichtmuseum_seiffen.cfm (*THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO FILM AND YOUR SUPPORT*') INGE GLAS: https://www.inge-glas.de _____ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO: 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - A winter day in Seiffen - where Germany's wooden Christmas traditions began 1:21 - Visiting a 'Reifendreher' - the traditional woodturner of the Erzgebirge 4:27 - Exploring the snowy Open-Air Museum and beautiful Seiffen 5:27 - What does a German Christmas Market smell like? 6:23 - Inside Seiffen's Toy Museum - from early wooden toys to Christmas pieces 9:36 - Snowy Seiffen scenes 10:42 - A stop at the Seiffener Pyramidenhaus 12:45 - Seiffen's Christmas Market 13:41 Inside Wendt & Kühn in Grünhainichen - craftsmanship and wooden figurines 31:49 The Wendt & Kühn Figurenwelt in Seiffen 39:39 More winter moments in the Erzgebirge _____ MUSIC: The music in our videos is from Musicbed, Epidemic Sound & Artlist, royalty free music sharing sites which you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to access: https://www.musicbed.com, https://www.epidemicsound.com/ & https://artlist.io/ _____ CONNECT WITH US: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kirstenandjoerg/ PINTEREST: https://uk.pinterest.com/kirsten_wick/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kirstenandjoerg TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@kirstenandjoerg #germanchristmas #erzgebirge #germantraditions #weihnachten2025 #christmasingermany