Figure 1.--Here we see two German children from a very well-to-do family in 1934. Notice their huge tree and all the wonderful gifts. |
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We note many images of German family Christmas trees. Virtually all families had them, iregardless of religious sentiment. We note trees in both NAZI and Socialist famlies as well as religious Protestnt and Catholic fmilies. As far as we can tell even working-class families with strong Soicilist traditins had Christmas trees. It probably is the middle-class that is most associated with the Christmas tree. Of course the major factor here was the nostaglia of the adults and the expectations of the children. The photographic record shows a wide range of trees from mssive trees to scrawny trees with just a few branches, This of course depended on the economic circumstances of the family. Mlst families cpuld not aford a huge fir, but virtyaly any fmily could afford at least a few branches. And it appears to have been a German tradition to photograph the children with their Christmas loot under the tree, This has ledt us a wonderful photgraphic record of German Chritmases.
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