Traditions, Toys and All the Trimmings: Christmas in Seiffen and Germany’s Ore Mountains
If Christmas were a place, I imagine it would look a lot like this. Behind me, the windows of multicoloured wooden cottages are glowing in soft, golden candlelight; to my right, row-upon-row of shops selling homemade festive decorations and gifts have been hard at work since the last time Santa came to town; and beyond,…