Everything appears in red and dark green. Houses are usually scarcely decorated. You might see some lights in a window, or figures painted on windows with snow spray, but usually nothing too fancy. Larger cities like Frankfurt or N rnberg have large markets, and attract many tourists. A red wine, which is heated up over fire and served in steaming cups.
People sing really slow songs, they sound almost depressing.
The radio plays church- and operasounding classical music all day. This makes the whole season very quiet and sensual. Four sundays counted backwards from the one right before christmas, a wreath with four candles is placed in the middle of the mainroom of the house. Every sunday another candle is lit, until all four are burning. Kids get an Adventskalender, which is a calendar that has little doors with dates from the 1st til 24th.