Germany and Sweden

We took some time yesterday and today to learn about how Germany and Sweden celebrate the holidays.

Yesterday we read and discussed how we get our tradition of Christmas trees from Germany. I used the Smartboard to shows some real pictures of Germany streets decorated for the holidays. In Germany, they actually use real candles to light up their trees! We used bingo dotters to decorate our paper trees instead. :)

Today, we talked about Sweden and learned about St. Lucia Day. During the Christmas season, the St. Lucia crown is a holiday symbol. We made these today and wore them to celebrate! 

Tomorrow we will learn about Holland!