Posted on December 6th, 2009 by Retired-Ed in Daily Life

In my last post, I began to tell the story and show pictures from my visit to the Schweinfurt Christmas Market. I also told of some European Christmas traditions. One thing that I didn’t tell you is that in many European countries, including Germany, Christmas is a two-day holiday. In England, the second day is called “Boxing Day”, but here in Germany, as far as I can tell, it is just called something akin to “the second Christmas day”. It is a holiday for everyone. Thankfully, the restaurants are open, and we will visit one of our favorites on both the first and second Christmas days.

But enough about personal plans, the rest of the Schweinfurt Christmas Market awaits. This post will focus on food and a few other stalls. Schweinfurt is what I would term as a small city. Not a village, but certainly not in the same class as Nuernberg, Munich, or Berlin, for example. The Christmas market also is smaller than many of the larger cities. The largest one is probably in Nuernberg, where it is called the Christkindlmarkt, or “Christ child market”. I probably will not attend that particular market this year. I have been in the past, and there are simply waaay to many people for my taste. And speaking of taste (notice the suave segue) there are some food items that you’ll find at almost any Christmas market. Others are more regional.

For example, you’ll find crepes at many markets

(Once again, click on any image to enlarge it)