In our study of France, we found out that they decorate their trees with lots of stars. In our Germany study we learned that Martin Luther was the first person to bring an evergreen tree inside and decorated it with lit candles. They would only light them on Christmas Eve. Something about both countries, we learned that today (Dec. 6) is St. Nicholas Day (which Nicolas thought was very cool!) In both countries the children receive gifts from their Santa on Dec. 5 in their shoes. Then on Christmas they celebrate the religious part of Christmas with mass and feasting. Then on New Year's Day they receive gifts from friends and famly members.
The ornaments the boys made today were candles made from foam paper rolled up and ribbon glued to the outside and a 3-D star I found on enchantedlearning.com sprinkled with glitter to make it shine.
You can see Nicolas's candle on the left and Alex's at the lower right.
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