Visiting one of these markets isn’t just a holiday outing; it’s stepping into a tradition that has evolved over centuries while keeping its essence intact. Photo by Dar1930 German Christmas ...

And this is because every year the royals exchange gifts a day earlier, on Christmas Eve, which is a festive tradition from parts of mainland Europe including Germany. Royal commentator Richard ...

and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name.” Despite the change in name, German Christmas traditions have endured.

on Christmas Eve. As Prince Harry explained in his memoir, Spare, it is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.” In Germany, ...