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German Christmas Decorations

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This year I’m even more drawn to German Christmas Decorations than I have ever been before. Maybe it’s because I realized that I haven’t been home for Christmas in 20 years. I actually hate to put this into words. I don’t want this to become a distant memory and I’d love to take our kids one year but we are always too busy with their school and sports and it just has gotten way too expensive to just go for a couple of days when they actually have their Christmas break. You can also see my German-inspired Christmas home tour on my blog.

So today I wanted to round up my favorite German Christmas decorations from when I was a child. Some may find them cheesy which can be true but to me, it’s memories and an old way to celebrate Christmas.

German Christmas Decorations

German Incense Smokers

Unfortunately, the ones we have are in bad shape. We love bringing them out and the kids have so much fun watching the smoke coming out of their pipes, chimneys or mouths. You can see two of ours in the below photo. Our police officer is missing though. He’s my favorite!

German Incense Smoker under Christmas tree with DIY paper snowflakes, wooded garland and German wooden ornaments {see the rest of the tour HERE}

Here are some of my favorites I found available here in the US:

my favorite wooden German incense smokers

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
5 (sold out but find a similar one HERE or HERE) |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9

 

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German Christmas Pyramids

I’ve mentioned out pyramid so many times and we have this one HERE. But there are so many more at different price ranges and with different tiers. I actually found some really good ones at HomeGoods too.

The smaller 1 tier pyramids are cute too and much cheaper, like this one HERE and HERE.

wooden German three tier Christmas pyramid{see the rest of the tour HERE}

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German Wooden Angel and Miner Candle Holders

German Erzgebirge soldier/worker and angel with candles{see the rest of the tour HERE}

We also got these two for our wedding just like the Christmas pyramid. They are a tradiotnal miner and angel. A long time a go the miners used to wear official uniforms like that. Find a similar one HERE, HERE or HERE.

German Erzgebirge miner and Christmas angel

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Some of my other favorites are:

German Straw Ornaments

I wanted to craft some straw ornaments myself this year but you can’t buy the crafting straw here and if I ordered the supplies from Germany then it would have ended up costing way too much money. Maybe I can bring the supplies when we go to Germany next time. I remember my parents having a big variety of straw stars on the tree when we grew up. I actually ordered some that where affordable HERE and HERE.

small Christmas tree with blue ornaments, silver garland and German straw stars

small Christmas tree with blue ornaments, silver garland and German straw stars

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German Shaved Wood Trees and Sceneries

My parents had a little village with shaved wood tress and carolers and I used to love placing them in all kinds of different configurations when I was a kid.

(candle holder HERE, trees HERE and HERE and little town and carolers HERE and HERE)

German shaved wooden tree with angels

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Nutcrackers

Well, who doesn’t like nut crackers? I guess some people don’t but I do 😉

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Wooden Angels

I have a bunch of little wooden angels and German wooden figurines as Christmas ornaments. You can see them slightly in the little tree above that has the wood garlands on it.

German Ornament Angel on star

(find the angel HERE and other angels HERE)

My mom and I actually used to buy these wooden angles unfinished and painted them when I was little. I still have some of them on our tree in the basement.

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Candle Arches (Schwibbogen)

Love the wooden arches and the little wooden village I found at HomeGoods last year reminds me of them a little.

wooden carved little village with lights{similar one HERE or HERE or large one HERE }

click HERE

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And last but certainly not least, I love having real candles on a tree which is way too dangerous here in the US with all the wood structured homes. I love the festive look of it though and miss having candles on the tree.

You use these clips and candles HERE. If you live somewhere where you can possibly have them.

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I love them all and am hoping to bring some more things next time we go visit.

 

 

favorite German Christmas Decorations: candle arches, nut crackers, incense smokers, Christmas pyramids, shaved trees and star stars and ornaments

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

 

You can see more of my Christmas decor below:

pampas grass Christmas tree in front of paper lunch bag snowflakes with lights on

stylish boho DIY pampas grass Christmas tree

Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas Home Tour

Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas Home Tour

How to make 3D paper snowflakes using lunch bags

How to make 3D paper snowflakes using lunch bags

Modern European Eclectic Christmas Tree with pinecones, white stars, clear Christmas balls and white Christmas balls on a real untrimmed fir tree | blue, white and black fireplace area with leather swivel chairs

My Home Style: Christmas Tree Edition

modern take on traditional European/German Christmas decor

German Influenced Christmas Home Tour

Blue, black and white eclectic Christmas living room

Friday Favorites: My favorite faux Christmas Trees

Our large live tabletop Christmas tree and home tour

Our large live tabletop Christmas tree and home tour

wooden German three tier Christmas pyramid

German Christmas Decorations

icicles dripping from a chandelier with real pine garland for a festive Christmas dining table

my favorite DIY Christmas decorations

Natural Christmas Decorations

Natural Christmas Decorations

Home Decorators Collection® holiday homes blog hop - mancave/basement family room

Our basement family room for HDC Holiday Homes

eclectic Christmas dining room with vintage glass table, urchin chandelier and abstract art

Blue, Black and White Christmas Tour (part 2)

Blue, Black and White Christmas (part 1)

Blue, Black and White Christmas (part 1)

Small living room Christmas tree - Cuckoo4Design

Our multi color Christmas tree

DIY huge wood bead garland made with unfinished furniture feet

DIY huge wood bead garland

Christmas living room - Cuckoo4Design

Pink and gold Christmas tree home tour

snowflake and pinecone DIY Christmas canvas paintings

snowflake and pinecone DIY Christmas canvas paintings

natural German Christmas tree

natural German Christmas tree

Neutral boho Christmas tree with macrame, grasses and orange slices

Neutral boho Christmas tree with macrame, grasses and orange slices

How to make Christmas ornaments with macrame yarn

How to make Christmas ornaments with macrame yarn

Holiday magic with plug-in Christmas tree fairy lights

Holiday magic with plug-in Christmas tree fairy lights

Easy and affordable paper fan decorations inspired by faux sun palm leaves

Easy and affordable paper fan decorations inspired by faux sun palm leaves

Have a great weekend my friends.

Tschüß,

 

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  1. cassie bustamante says

    December 1, 2017 at 7:17 am

    we have loads of fun nutcrackers but now i feel like incense burners are missing from my life! SO COOL!

    • Julia says

      December 1, 2017 at 3:19 pm

      You should try one. They are fun

  2. Autumn says

    December 1, 2017 at 9:31 am

    Really enjoyed this post, I’m German on one side too. Love your decorations! I immediately tried to go buy the gingerbread vendor incense smoker, had never heard of those before, but sadly he is sold out ????.

    • Julia says

      December 1, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      Oh no. It’s sold out? I added two other ones that are gingerbread vendors too but they look a little different.

  3. Susan says

    December 1, 2017 at 10:19 am

    Oh my gosh, this nearly brought tears to my eyes recognizing almost everything that I grew up with since my mom is German. Only thing I’m not sure she has is the candle arch. Definitely thinking I need to try to recreate this in my house this year

    • Julia says

      December 1, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      I don’t have a candle arch yet either. There are so many things I want yet. My decor is definitely more traditional this year to remind me of my childhood. It makes me sad too. Have fun recreating it and have a nice weekend.

  4. GloDoz says

    December 1, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    These are awesome!!! I have 3 Nutcrackers! 2 of them are firefighters ????‍???? ❤️

    • Julia says

      December 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm

      Of course! You have to have firefighters 😉

  5. Haley says

    December 7, 2017 at 9:34 am

    I love all of these. Those incense burners are so cute! My mom just received a vintage Christmas period and I can’t wait to enjoy it this holiday season.

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