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Nobody celebrates like the Germans! Germany has a festival for nearly every occasion and every time of year. Here's a brief glimpse of Germany's better-known festivals.

Karneval / Fasching

The celebration of Carnival (Karneval or Fasching) — from which our New Orleans Mardi Gras is derived — is a time for eating, drinking and merriment before the solemn days of Lent...

Easter (Ostern)

German children believe that if they are good, the Osterhase, literally the Easter bunny, will lay a nest of colored eggs and hide them throughout the home...

Mayfest (Maifest)

Mayfest is one of mankind's oldest traditions, the celebration of nature's bright reawakening after winter's cold darkness...

BBQ

You might be surprised to know that many foods Americans associate with tailgates, picnics and barbecues actually originated in Germany...

Weinfest

German wine festivals are as diverse as the products they celebrate and some date back 500 years...

First Day of School (Einschulung)

The First Day of School, Einschulung, is a very special event in Germany that symbolizes the importance of a child's formal education...

Oktoberfest

The world's biggest beer festival has become a celebration of international stature...

Halloween

While this celebration of all things ghoulish and creepy isn't celebrated on such a grand scale as it is in the United States, Halloween has become increasingly popular in Germany over the past decade...

St. Martin's Day (Martinstag)

Each year German children celebrate St Martin's Day; carrying lanterns, and singing special lantern songs they walk around the streets in a procession after darkness falls...

Christmas (Weinachten)

Nothing means more to Germans than Christmas. The Yuletide (even the name has German roots) is very special indeed in a land where family, faith and fantasy are so beloved...

Happy dinner party

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