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German Christmas Stollen Craft Amid Wartime Shortages
German women in Dresden Meissen and Saxon cities endured shortages 500 years ago by planning and saving for Welldachtsstallen fruit cakes that symbolize the Christ Child. Peppercorns stood for stones used to slay Stephen as part of the seasonal ritual.
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Coeks
Jesus
Inythé
Germany
Parljstollen
Mhaadi
Pfeffer
Stephen
Dresden
Meissen
Tags Naumburg
Siebenlehn
Othlér