Bettina Nestler, whose family owns Nestler Feinkartonagen, Germany"s biggest school-cone manufacturer, describes these school entry festivities as "like a little wedding". In Saxony, where the Nestler company is based, they are particularly exuberant, and planned up to a year in advance. The cone itself, known in some regions as "Zuckertüte" ("sugar cone"), is ordered as early as January, for a school-start in September.