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A beautiful german erzgebirge pyramid spreads warm light all over your livingroom. The festive season is started with the advent celebrations in preparation to the arrival of baby jesus on christmas day. Christmas markets and stalls sell traditional german delicatessen such as christmas stollen, hot and sticky sweet roasted almonds, lebkuchen hearts gingerbread hearts and other christmas sweets as well as typical christmas decorations can be found in many towns. The most famous german christmas market is in nuremberg.
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