{"id":2925,"date":"2024-12-21T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2024-12-21T13:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:04:13","slug":"how-did-beethoven-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/how-did-beethoven-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Beethoven celebrate Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Customs of the time were not that different from ours today. Let’s dive in and discover the contemporary Vienna!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Beethoven celebrated Christmas? Apart from a short recollection from his childhood years, including holiday wurst<\/em>, wine, punch, coffee<\/em>, singing and playing<\/em>, we do not know how Beethoven celebrated Christmas. We do know, however, that he was baptized as a Catholic, he lived in Bonn and later in Vienna, both cities belonging mainly to the domain of Roman Catholicism. So, how did people, Beethoven\u2019s contemporaries, celebrate Christmas in Vienna?<\/p>\n It all began with the fourth Sunday before Christmas. This is the start of the advent season<\/em>, a period of reflection and anticipation. As the holiday steadily approached sure signs, such nativity scenes<\/em> and Christmas markets<\/em>, appeared on the busy streets of Vienna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vienna’s Christmas market tradition stretches back centuries, with records indicating its existence as early as 1296. The most renowned of these markets, the Wiener Christkindlmarkt<\/em>, is set up yearly before the City Hall, even today. This attractive marketplace showcases countless stalls offering handcrafted items, festive decorations, and delicious holiday treats.<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n