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German here. It was common a few decades ago but there have been a lot of safety campaigns and these days it's unthinkable for most young adults and exceedingly
by pluma 11y ago
German here. It was common a few decades ago but there have been a lot of safety campaigns and these days it's unthinkable for most young adults and exceedingly rare.
Only exception I can think of is the German president, who had real candles on his tree during the traditional Christmas address. But I wouldn't be too surprised if there were fire safety officers keeping an eye on the tree in case it spontaneously decides to do something dangerous.
I would be surprised if live candles on Christmas trees don't void your insurance in Germany, actually.
- robin_reala 11y agoThis was in Kiel in the early 80s, so that fits in with your timeline.
- pluma 11y agoNot sure what you're referring to. The Christmas address with live candles was last year: http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Joachim-Gauck/Reden/2015/12/151225-Weihnachtsansprache-2015.html http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Joachim-G...
- robin_reala 11y agoUh, as in ‘common a few decades ago’.
- pluma 11y agoAh, the Christmas tree catching fire was in Kiel in the 80s? I wasn't aware you were talking about Germany there.