The Christmas festival cycle spans eighty days, and each celebration—from St. Martin on November 11 to Candlemas on February 2—has experienced new variations around the world in customs and traditions as well as in all material expressions. Even within Germany, the range of Christmas traditions is vast and reflects different cultural developments. The more Roman and Catholic South Germany and the Rhineland celebrate differently than the more Germanic and Protestant North and East Germany. Rüdiger Vossens' journey of discovery into the land of Christmas invites you to actively experience the old and new customs or to reshape them for yourself.