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Images from the early 20th century show that this was a very popular custom. I am not sure when it began. We are not positive about the chronology of these cones. The custom of giving these cones appear to have begun in the late 19th cenury, although most of our actual photographic images date from the 1920s. The photographic image we have begin at the turn of the 20th century. This suggests that this was when this custom began widespread. A German reader writes, "HBC uses Zuckertüte for it, a term I'm less familiar with, but it's also used. These Schultüten are common since the late 19th century, they first were hanged on Christmas trees, besides other itemsnt, later they were used as special present to sweeten the first day at school." Some of these images have been used in the German first day of school section. German readers tells us that these conens continue to be given to children on their first day of school. A German reader writes, "This custom did not end! Still every child gets his/her Schultüte to start school. I had even three of them when I began school in the mid-1980s. One was from my parents, one from grandparents and one from the kindergarden I hade to leave. I still keep two of them in the loft (attic)."
We do not know precisely when this custom began in Germany. We thought it might have began sometime in the late-19th century, but we do not yet images to confirm this. We have been searching for some time. We began to think it is a custom that had not yet developed in the early-19th century, in part because we have not found any mid-19th century images. Albeit we have very few images from this period. We note one source which suggests that the tradition dates to the 1810s. It was first reported in Saxony and Thuringia. We do not know who introduced the idea.
The first documented Schultüte is noted in Jena (1817). There are other eartly reports from Dresden (1820) and Leipzig (1836). These are all cities. The tradition appears to have started in cities abd gradually pread to towns and than rural villages. It is not entirely clear to us how common it was in the 19th century, even the late-19th centutry.
We have found quite a large number of 20th century images. Perhaps it was more of a 20th century custom or at least phoyographing it was. Our 19th century archive is still fairly limited. This could explain why we do not yet have a 19th century example.
Images from the early 20th century show that this was a very popular custom. I am not sure when it began. We are not positive about the chronology of these cones. The custom of giving these cones appear to have begun in the late 19th cenury, although most of our actual photographic images date from the 1920s. The photographic image we have begin at the turn of the 20th century. This suggests that this was when this custom began widespread. A German reader writes, "HBC uses Zuckertüte for it, a term I'm less familiar with, but it's also used. These Schultüten are common since the late 19th century, they first were hanged on Christmas trees, besides other itemsnt, later they were used as special present to sweeten the first day at school." Some of these images have been used in the German first day of school section. German readers tells us that these conens continue to be given to children on their first day of school. A German reader writes, "This custom did not end! Still every child gets his/her Schultüte to start school. I had even three of them when I began school in the mid-1980s. One was from my parents, one from grandparents and one from the kindergarden I hade to leave. I still keep two of them in the loft (attic)."
We note images from modern Germany showing that the gift cone custome continues to be a popular tradition. We continue to see charming imges of German children with their cones. We do not know if it is as popular as it once was, or if the trdition has changed in any way. The available images, however, confirm that the tradition continues. Hopefully our German readers can provide us some information here.
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