Buying Guides & Reviews

If you’ve started shopping for a German nutcracker, you’ve probably realized there’s more to the decision than picking a face you like. King or soldier, […]

A German Christmas pyramid — a Weihnachtspyramide, if you want to use the word my mother always used for it — is a tiered wooden

A German weather house is a traditional Black Forest instrument that uses a natural humidity-sensitive mechanism to move two figures in and out of a

If you’ve started shopping for a German smoker, you’ve probably noticed there are a lot more decisions involved than you expected. Mini or full-size. A

If you grew up around German traditions, you probably know the moment I’m talking about. The holidays are approaching, the house smells of cinnamon and

Are Hummel figurines still valuable today? It’s a question that comes up more than you might expect. Someone inherits a collection from a grandparent, or

Not every figurine that looks like a Hummel is one. That sounds simple enough, but it catches a surprising number of buyers off guard —

If you’ve spent any time shopping for a German nutcracker, you’ve probably felt it — that little flicker of doubt. Two nutcrackers sit side by

Growing up in a German family, sweets were never just candy — they were little pieces of tradition. I still remember opening packages from relatives

If there is one thing I remember from our family store, it is the children. They would wander in with their parents, eyes scanning the

The best marzipan in the world comes from Germany, and for good reason. German marzipan is made with a higher almond content and old-world methods