What exactly is a traditional Luxembourg Christmas?
What does a truly Luxembourgish Christmas look like? That's difficult to say. But here are a few common elements found in Luxembourg homes this festive season.
In Luxembourg it can be hard to say what a truly Luxembourgish Christmas looks like. Over the past decades, in line with growing multi-culturalisation, traditions have disappeared or merged with others and new ones have formed. As a consequence, even the true Lëtzebuerger (in itself sometimes a difficult concept to explain) might find it hard to describe what a Luxembourgish Christmas entails.
Although the traditions tied to St. Nicholas are less in flux, the myth behind the Saint, Kléeschen, and his follower, Houséker, and how the Luxringer (still a Thüringer) plays a central role in the whole setup, might not be widely known.
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