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Nice picture, considering that this market closed on Dec. 22 this year. Which makes sense, since the German Christmas holiday is basically from the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Dec. 25, and Dec. 26 – and essentially no Christmas markets are open during that holiday period, with many closing a day or two before Christmas Eve.
Christmas is not about the markets, after all, at least in Germany.
The market for gifts?
Germans are more about national socialism than markets.
The pic is from a past year, there was no snow this year around.
Ofc christmas markets are closed on December 22. Christmas is there to spend with your family after all, which includes market peddlers! Americans will probably never understand why shops in Germany are closed at times. There used to be a time when every shop had to close at six in the evening (two on Saturdays). I still remember it so it wasn’t that long ago.
Lovely
Alex is getting better.
Although I am very disturbed by this turkish immigrant fellow running around giving “presents” to children. Sounds like Rotherham all over again. If you see a fat turk with a beard running around talking to children PLEASE call the police and stop the monster before he strikes again.
Are you also afraid of the Black Santa who has little kids sitting on his lap while shouting “ho ho ho!” to their moms?
Most ‘terrorism’ is domestic violence.
The McDonalds and the Jollibees here in the Philippines both closed for Xmas day, despite promising to be open 24 hours. Now that’s classy.
Oh god, my sides.
I’m pretty sure he’s joking. The Turkish immigrant he’s talking about is St Nicholas.
Lol. Your first line is great though.
Dear Alex,
As an italian economist working in Jena (the town next to Erfurt, where the photo of the Christmas market you posted is taken) I was always puzzled as well by the German “lack of markets” everywhere, not just for Christmas. Either they have a (Simonian) satisfycing behavior, or the utility is in the advent, not on the Christmas itself. Anyway, thanks for having posted our lovely weihnachtsmarkt, I am proud
Merry Christmas!
Certainly a warm and uplifting Christmas photo. Is it original work?
I much prefer this to the troll bait we got in the last post.
At the risk for providing more troll bait, this was linked to on another site, is sort of on topic, and is interesting:
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-nazis-co-opted-christmas-2015-12
(and its not interesting in “I’m trying to make a subtle point” kind of way, it really is interesting)
That was covered in my favorite magazine “The Fortean Times”: http://www.amazon.com/Fortean-February-Strange-Phenomena-Christmas/dp/B005F9U08S and http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/a-nazi-little-christmas.58123/ – but we’re straying far off topic now. Perhaps better to stop right here
Sorry, don’t get if this is some joke or trolling. Or is this Alex doing a winter tour of Europe and is actually showing praise for something European? Fear of mass shootings in the US probably shut down most of the faux Xmas markets there or the Walmart parking lot versions (if they ever existed).