The Teuton culture is dark, for sure, very dark, I reckon.
And also very pretty, Christmas is a very German thing, I think. Christmas is one of the prettiest things in all life.
Speaking as a 1/4 German.
*sigh* I miss Christmas in Germany. Of course, it's better being close to family...but there's something about being in Europe during that season - soooo much history, for one. And I didn't feel like it was quite as commercialized, though maybe that was partly just being on base. The military is such a family...I do miss that around the holidays - being with big groups of people who are all united in being far from home.