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Are advent wreaths a thing outside of Germany? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 hours ago by Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Having just received a Fourth Advent video via messenger, in which The Count of Sesame Street counted the four burning candles, I wondered how much this is common outside of Germany.

Wikipedia tells me that the tradition also is followed in other countries nowadays, but not how much.

So:
Do you know this in your country or maybe even light some candles to count the remaining time until Christmas yourself?

Or have you never heard of it before?
Do you perhaps have any other similar countdown traditions (we e.g. also have Christmas calendars giving you a little tread every day until Christmas)?

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Christkind is a special one.

Invented by the protestants to spite the catholics and the cult they were following around their saints (including St. Nikolaus, which became the blueprint for Santa Claus), it later was somehow adopted by the catholics.

Surprisingly, Wikipedia tells me that it is also a thing outside of Germany:

The Christkind (German for 'Christ-child'; pronounced [ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt] ⓘ), also called Christkindl, is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Southern Germany and Western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland, parts of Latin America, in certain areas of southern Brazil, and in the Acadiana region of Louisiana.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I live in BW, nobody talks about the Christkindl, it's all about der Nikolaus.