Germany is known for its charming and sometimes outlandish Christmas traditions - many of which are simply part of the fun of the festive season. This year, however, one popular custom on the East ...

Most people in Germany associate the feast of Saint Nicholas with a harmless tradition: Children leave their cleaned shoes next to the front door on the night of December 5, and the next morning, they ...

This year's controversial Klaasohm festival on the north-western German island of Borkum was peaceful with no assaults reported, unlike in previous years, local police and city officials said early on ...

BERLIN — An annual festival on a German North Sea island that had drawn criticism over a practice of men hitting women with cow’s horns passed without reports of assaults this year, police said Friday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2023 documentary exposed a German island's brutal Christmas traditionLars Penning/dpa/picture alliance Most people in Germany ...

Documentary exposes violence at festival of Klaasohm on North Sea island of Borkum James Jackson is a Berlin-based journalist, documentary maker and presenter, as well as host of the Mad in Germany ...

The German island of Borkum has long celebrated the Klaasohm festival, a tradition rooted in pagan customs. However, following allegations of assault and a revealing television exposé, the annual ...

21:38, Sat, Dec 6, 2025 Updated: 21:41, Sat, Dec 6, 2025 A bizarre Christmas tradition which has been going on since for nearly 200 years in Germany has finally been banned. The Klaasohm festival on ...

A centuries-old tradition in Germany's Borkum in which young men hit women on the buttocks with cattle horns during the Klaasohm festival has been discontinued and a safety plan put in place. Most ...