Christmas Market
Christkindlmarket is a Christmas market held annually at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The festival is part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival and attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.
Daley Plaza
The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors. By 1999, the Christkindlmarket had become part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. In recent years, Chicago's Christkindlmarket has become the largest Christmas market in the United States, hosting well over 1 million visitors annually.
The market is situated by a large Christmas tree at Daley Plaza and also houses
a small nativity scene. The site features entertainment from Christmas choirs,
dance groups, and brass bands. It also houses a model train and a Santa house.
At the site beer, wine, baked goods, meats, toys, holiday ornaments, and other
Christmas decorations are sold by vendors from Germany, Ukraine, Austria, and
the Chicago metropolitan area.
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clocks
smokers
sweets
kuchen
strudel
bratwurst
hot chocolate with cream on top in the Christkindlmarket mug
German merchant of Christkindlmarket merchandise
pyramids
candle holders
red hat lady visitors
