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Hi Asha,

Well strange as it sounds, although continually living through hard and snowy German winters is not exactly going to improve their condition, it is more a tradition that they are brought inside.

Over the years amongst other places I have seen them in hallways looking towards the front door, often in winter gardens (is that a conservatory in English?) looking into the home, in book shelves and once one holding a violin that from October until April had pride of place on top of a television.

And it seems that when Spring arrives, so it is again possible for human beings to spend some time out in the garden, then out go the gnomes, although often to a new spot in the garden each year.