Christmas gift-bringer
Christmas Gifts ( also: Christmas gifts, Austrian Christmas, ARTIST BESTSELLERS BY CATEGORY, Austrian Christ Child, Christmas gift or Christmas landschaftl. ) Are gifts that are traditionally distributed on the occasion of Christmas in the friends and family circle.
History and traditions
The tradition to give gifts at Christmas, can be traced back to the 13th century. Today, have developed different customs for the handover of Christmas gifts in different countries and regions.
Clause appointment and course
The handover of Christmas is called mess. In Germany and Austria the presents are placed at Christmas Eve under the Christmas tree and opened on the same evening. In France, one puts on Christmas Eve shoes under the Christmas tree, which overnight the gifts are added to you, which are then unpacked in the morning of December 25. In Anglo-Saxon countries is used instead of socks and puts them to the fireplace. In Spain, the Christmas gifts are traditionally distributed on January 6. , In memory of the Magi, the Catholic version of the Wise Men from the East who brought gifts according to the Bible the newly born Jesus of Nazareth
Notional Gifts Bringer
The children are told that gifts would be brought from a fictitious person. In southern Germany, West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Latin America this is the Christ Child. The Santa Claus as " Père Noël " (France ) or as " Babbo Natale" (Italy ) makes its appearance in northern Germany as well as in Anglo-Saxon and Latin countries as " Santa Claus " or " Father Christmas " ( North America and England ). In addition, have still held regionally specific traditions, such as in the Basque country of " Olentzero ".
Sales of Christmas
According to a survey plan consumers in Germany a budget of around € 241 per year for Christmas gifts. Approximately 66 billion U.S. dollars are spent every year for Christmas gifts in the United States. Demand for Christmas leads to retail the months of November and December - the Christmas season - the highest turnover.
Christmas 2007, in Germany, according to the HDE toys, perfume, accessories and leather goods and consumer electronics such as MP3 players, digital cameras and game consoles, the most traded goods. One fifth of the Christmas accounts for vouchers and cash. According to other data books are among the most popular gifts.
Empirical studies in the U.S. and in Germany all come to the conclusion that recipient would have paid less for a Christmas gift when the donor had to pay, but more than would demand the market price, would you buy it from them.