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Christmas in Germany is amazing. Each year during the Christmas season, the city transforms into a wonderful Christmas Market. Small street shops are setup that sell small Christmas candies, cookies, sweets, and lots of small Christmas toys. In these markets you can also buy hot Christmas Wine, sausages, and best of all pretzels.

A Quick History of German Christmas Markets

Source: Germany.info:

The centuries-old tradition reaches back to a time when regular seasonal markets took place throughout the year. Christmas markets were a welcome occurrence during cold-weather months. They were joyful occasions for weary villagers and added a bit of light to long winter nights.

Some of the most traditional German handicrafts can be found here in the weeks before Christmas — from nutcrackers, wooden figurines, straw stars and smokers, to cookie tins, glass balls, toys, and tin tree ornaments.

Despite the widespread belief that Christmas has only recently developed into a feast of commercialism, it may be shocking to find out that, as early as the 17th century, gift-buying at the Christmas markets had already become a main pre-holiday activity.

Usually, the Christmas markets were held around the city’s main church to attract church-goers. But they were so enticing that a priest in Nürnberg in 1616 complained that he could not hold the afternoon service on Christmas Eve because no one attended it.

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