Germany

Germany is a country on the continent of Europe, its capital city is Berlin. Germany has a population of about 82 million people.

They do have an elected President, but in practice the President doesn't have that much power. Everyday running of the government is done by the Chancellor, which is equivalent to a Prime Minister.

Potatoes, wheat, barley, rye, sugar beet, fruit, and vegetables are grown in Germany.

Spain is slightly smaller than France. Spain has 505,370 square kilometers while France has 643,370 square kilometers. France is the 40th largest country in the world while Spain is the 51st largest country.

Germany is the most important manufactured products exporter in Europe and in the World.

Chemical, car-building, mechanics are the three main industrial markets.

But there are a lot of efficient Medium-sized companies.

Germany exports machinery, vehicles, electric & electronic equipment, and plastics.

Christianity isn't observed as much as it was, prior to World War II. Today, few Lutherans or Roman Catholics attend church weekly. If you travel to Germany, you will be impressed if you go inside a cathedral or church and see most seats empty. There is a fear that if this trend continues, that many beautiful cathedrals especially, will be closed and be opened as museums.

They tend to have breakfast at 7-8am and lunch at 12-12.30pm. They eat their dinner at 6-7 pm.

Plane tickets have many different prices, depending upon where you are going and which airline you are using to get there.

An economy ticket from the UK to Boston (british airways), on economy, would cost more £2000, for a return ticket.

the Germans were allowed to occupy Sudentenland

The modern Christmas tree tradition was begun in Central Europe and Germany. Prince Albert, a German prince and husband of Queen Victoria, brought the Christmas tree tradition to the UK in 1841.
Prince Albert

Germany is in the European Common Market -- the Euro is the basic

monetary unit. Germany has used the Euro since 1999. Previously it used the German Mark.

One tradition that Germans follow is hiding a pickle in their Christmas tree. Whoever finds the pickle gets to open the first gift.

Germans greet each other with a handshake.

It is customary to bring a bottle of alcohol as a gift when you are staying in someone's home.

Germans have outdoor shoes and indoor shoes. You should never wear outdoor shoes inside.

Germans shut their doors, especially when no one is in the room.

Germans eat a large, hot lunch and small dinners.

Exercise and being outside are a German way of life.

Germans never call anyone by their first name unless they are good friends. Even people who work together for many years might still address one another as Mr. or Mrs. (this depends on the industry)

Germans expect everyone to be on time.

Germans celebrate the Christmas season over a twenty-five day period.

Germans do not smile superficially or make small talk with strangers.

Germans drink a lot of beer.

The Ems is a river in northwestern Germany. The Ennepe is a river in Germany. The Elde is a river in northern Germany.

Germany's land area alone is 348,395.4 km2 with an additional 8,626 km2 of water.

According to Life on earth:on the land by the Diagram Group, Germany is in the temperate woodland biome.

In Fresian on the north east German coast of the Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer (North Sea), stretching from the Netherlands border to the estuary of the river Werder. Especially the "Jadebusen" bay is in a few places a couple of feet below sea level and is protected by dams and dikes.

There is no data available as to the exact lowest point.

there is no accepted answer to this question estimates vary from 79 (or so) to 1200

Communism: a worldwide social system with no classes or government or rulers or borders or money. Clearly Communism never existed in any side of Europe.

Munich is the third most populous city of Germany. It is located in Bavaria, Southern Germany.

Berlin's economy during the time of the Berlin Wall was split, just like the city. In the west the people prospered under the system of capitalism and self-sufficiency. In the east the government ran everything, and the people did poorly and had very little.

The city of East Berlin only existed from 1946-1989. At all other times it was united with West Berlin as one unified city of Berlin. However, during the aforementioned period, it was the capital of East Germany, also called the German Democratic Republic (in German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik).

Nothing at all! Santa Claus does not come to Dutch children, so they don´t need the stocking. They get presents on December 5th from a Santa-lookalike called Sinterklaas and he puts presents in shoes

The countries that Germany invaded were France, Yugoslavia, Norway, Greece, Netherlands, Western Poland, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg. The countries were invaded between 1939 and June 1941.

The Christmas tree is usually decorated with candles (some people use real ones, but usually electric lights are used), tinsel and ball ornaments. Gold, silver and red are colours that are often used, generally the tree is much less colourful that Christmas trees in the US for example.
Many people have a nativity set, under the tree or somewhere else in the house. Christmas decorations made in the Erzgebirge are very popular, the people there have a long tradition of making such decorations and toys from wood. You will find a Christmas pyramid in many homes, a kind of small wooden carousel with several levels that usually shows the Holy Family in the middle and the shepherds/three magi revolving around them, driven by the heat from the candles placed around the pyramid.
Nutcrackers in the form of soldiers
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and Raeuchermaennchen are also common. Raeuchermaennchen are wooden figurines that are hollow and you can place a piece of incense inside. While the incense burns down, it looks like the figurine is puffing out smoke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%A4ucherm%C3%A4nnchen.jpg

There are many different traditions, so keep in mind that this is by no means a complete list and that people may do things differently depending on where in Germany the live.