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00:00 We do everything in this direction, so that it is a kind of a visit, a bar, but also a tourist product of the whole region.
00:12 Because in Lower Silesia, I always say, the backbone of the folk culture tradition, but also of the German tradition, so we are very rich here.
00:20 Our company is mainly concerned with showing our customers that we care about the heritage, we care about the Polish tradition, but we also care and respect the German tradition,
00:34 because if it weren't for it, there would be no more gingerbread houses and there would be no beautiful monuments that we have here in Lower Silesia.
00:42 Christmas is coming up. How important is gingerbread in the Christmas tradition of Germans and Poles?
00:49 First of all, gingerbread is associated with the smell, that is, the smell of spices and pepper dough is carried away in houses and it reminds us of Christmas.
00:59 In our tradition, first of all, Christmas, although there are countries, such as the Czech Republic, our neighbors, where gingerbread is actually a cake that is offered all year round.
01:12 Will you offer a special range of products for Christmas?
01:18 Of course, yes, as always, we prepare other gingerbreads, first of all, we have these decorated ones at the corner of the Christmas market,
01:27 so our patterns are, you can say, Christmas, but these gingerbreads that we also prepare for eating, we have a special Christmas offer.
01:35 What, for example?
01:36 For example, then we have a gingerbread with marmalade or such a long-lasting gingerbread, which we only make before Christmas.
01:45 How long do such gingerbreads last? Do they have any periods of importance?
01:50 They say, "Good as an old gingerbread, the older the better", so the proverb itself says it.
01:57 - Thank you. - You're welcome.
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