Christmas Market Shopping

Colourful Christmas Market stalls are usually set out in the heart of the town displaying a huge range of traditional Christmas gifts and decorations, wooden toys, and glass, ceramic and porcelain articles. Listed below are some of the most popular items.

Munich Christmas Market

 

 

 

Pyramid

Each pyramid is hand-crafted out of wood. The top fan blade revolves from the heat of burning candles.

In the 18th century it was part of the Christmas decoration of churches.

Pyramid

    

Nutcrackers

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Nutcrackers have a long and interesting past. The woods of Thüringen were populated by craftsmen who made utensils from the wood of the forest.

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Being artists, those craftsmen held the view that it wasn´t enough for the utensil to do its job, it also had to be beautiful to look at.

 

 

Incense Smokers

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Smokers, or Raeucher- maennchen in German, are a unique tradition of the Erzgebirge mountains of Germany. Tradition has it that the incense they burn reminds the owner of the incense the Three Wise Men brought to Jesus on Epiphany, January 6th.

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An incense cone is placed inside, lit, and the smoker smokes out of its mouth, or sometimes out of a chimney or cooking pot.

 

    

Music Boxes & Figures

Carefully hand-made out of wood and delicately hand-enamelled. Each piece is a masterpiece.

Music Box

Wood Carvings

 

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