Schultuete
Schultuete - Candy Cones
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Welcome your new student into the new school year by giving them with a traditional schultuete (pronounced shool-too-tuh).
This 200-year-old tradition started in Germany; the schultuete is a cone-shaped package filled with school supplies and treats. The "Schultuete" custom started as far back as 1810, to Thuringia and Saxony in Germany.
The first report of the cone-shaped Schultuete comes from Jena a city in Germany in 1817, other towns that did this were Dresden (1820) and Leipzig (1836).
It is now a custom all over Germany.
The story told to the school children is as follows, there is a Schultütenbaum growing - it is growing at your school.
The Schultuete is full of fruits. If those fruits are ripe and if they are big enough to pick, then it is time for you to start school.
Typically given to German first-grade students on their first day of school this wonderful tradition can be adapted to any age.
The Schultuete we sell come to you "empty" ready for you to fill up with your child's favorite school supplies, candies, and even money to encourage and inspire them.