Shop Now. Grapes. If you have one of the original German-made Christmas ornaments from the 1840s, known as kugels, they can be worth up to $1,000!Although the word kugel means “round ball” in ...

The decorating of a Christmas tree is a long held tradition around the world that began in Germany. In the 1600s, trees were decorated with apples in honor of "Adam and Eve Day" on Dec. 24.

Christmas collection. The ornaments are part of museum’s collection of 150,000 items focusing on Pennsylvania German life. Aside from the collections of long rifles and farm equipment, there are ...

Many of the ornaments are made of glass with a method that was developed in Lauscha, Germany, in the 1850s and brought to the United States by the dime store tycoon F.W. Woolworth around 1880.

When you go to Lauscha, a handsome town in central Germany, you see Christmas. It’s in a very narrow valley, so it has a winding feeling. The whole area is quite whimsical and quaint.

For example, a German Kugel bauble from the 19th-century sold for a whopping £14,000 and there are rare hand-painted Father Christmas figurines called Belsnickles that can go for up to £3000.

The layered cake, Baumkuchen, and the so-called Bethmännchen, a pastry made from marzipan from Frankfurt, are also typical German specialties that make great sweet treats. Holiday ornaments make ...