Mills in Munich

Our First German Christmas Decoration

We've made our first German Christmas purchase. We bought a wooden Christmas pyramid. We purchased a very small, and simple one. They can also be very elaborate, and very large.

So what is a Christmas pyramid? As explained by About.com:

The German Christmas pyramid (Weihnachtspyramide) was first developed in the Erzgebirge (Erz Mountains) in the German state of Saxony (Sachsen) as a low-cost substitute for a real Christmas tree in the late 1700s. A traditional pyramid is made of wood and may have two to five levels (Etagen). The heat from burning candles turns a windmill-like rotor at the top of the pyramid, making the pyramid revolve and ring its chimes.

You can see more Christmas pyramids at the shop where we purchased ours. When you see some of the prices, you can understand why we bought a small, simple one to start!

You can see some more images of Christmas pyramids here (site is in German) including some rather large ones!

Labels: Munich

posted by Caylynn at 11:33