In the Ore Mountains, or "Erzgebirge," of Germany, Christmas is celebrated as a festival of lights. Many traditions, which have been maintained for generations, originated in the days when silver was mined in the region.
In the Ore Mountains, or "Erzgebirge," of Germany, Christmas is celebrated as a festival of lights. Many traditions, which have been maintained for generations, originated in the days when silver was mined in the region.
Wolfgang Gartner is the head of international marketing for Saxony Tourism. He and I talked in various cities such as Leipzig, Dresden, and Gorlitz throughout Saxony which, after WWII and before the Berlin Wall