Penulis One of the highlights of our anniversary trip to Chicago included a take in to this opened upwards marketplace downtown. It’s an annual resultant inwards Chicago amongst High German crafts, beer, nuts, strudel, hot cider too lots too lots of ornaments!
From Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve, these vendors brave the cold, pelting too snowfall to sell their goodies.
There was a brisk business, every bit good every bit a brisk breeze amongst air current chills below zero.
The marketplace is in the middle of downtown constituent buildings on a plaza that takes upwards nearly one-half a metropolis block.
The tree was decorated too Santa was making appointments for gratis photos.
So much to see, too buy, too smell!
Gingerbread ornaments, nuts too sweets.
The odour was fantastic amongst fresh almonds cooking piece nosotros shopped.
When it’s this cold exterior y'all demand to refuel to continue warm. We snacked on almonds piece shopping.
These were really yummy too similar to the Burnt Sugar Almonds I made concluding week.
What’s a trip to a High German market without Apple Strudel?
My hubby shared a seize amongst teeth amongst me.
Wow – flaky, not-too-sweet too the apples had lots of flavor.
These are actual icicles – made amongst existent ingredients (not decorations!)
There were jackets, hats, scarfs, anything y'all demand to continue warm including blankets.
I honey pretzels but nosotros skipped these since nosotros already had thus much deep dish pizza.
I was happy to encounter the Nativity but infant Jesus was covered amongst snowfall 🙁
Amen!
This was pretty interesting thus nosotros stopped to cause got a look.
At showtime glance, it looks similar a dove heater …
But nosotros establish it was a memorial to all who cause got served inwards the armed forces.
Ornaments everywhere inwards all shapes too sizes.
While inwards 1 of the shops looking at ornaments, these ii immature Germans asked nearly the photographic idiot box camera my hubby was using. He (husband) took most of these photos amongst a big long lens.
I told this dainty immature lady that size truly did matter!
My husband asked them to pose too took some pictures, too after emailed them to the store owner.
She was thus happy too sweetness too fix to smile!
They hammed it upwards a lilliputian for the photographer.
Having fun working inwards Chicago – they were thus dainty too friendly.
We bought several ornaments of course!
It was such a difficult conclusion to alternative a few to cause got home!
Hand painted …
Blown drinking glass …
Hand made …
This was thus funny. Instead of sack truck – it’s labeled ‘firefighter car.’
I idea my fireman boy would mean value that was funny.
These are crafted out of walnut shells.
Cute – carved amongst moving arms too legs.
Look at all the ones to guide from! Impossible 🙂
Glass blowing is such an art.
This scene depicts Chicago many years ago.
Baskets of ornaments everywhere.
Each too everyone was thus pretty!
Silver too gold, light-green too purple!
These are all carved out of wood.
Edible gingerbread ornaments.
Certainly anyone could fine at to the lowest degree 1 they love.
These lilliputian gilded gems are thus delicious! We had to hurry too cause got a photograph earlier nosotros ate the concluding two.
They are nighttime chocolate filled amongst brandy. The chocolate is crisp too smoothen too the brandy has only the correct punch. Oh my gosh – nosotros went dorsum too bought some to a greater extent than for gifts.
I promise to notice these inwards my stocking!
You tin truly monastic nation these on-line (we didn’t demand to know that.)
Check out Hermann-the-German at Sweet Castle.
These are made of newspaper too hang around a bulb. Very creative.
This lilliputian dude is the cutest nutcracker I cause got always seen. They all cause got such personality.
This High German Nut is nearly to downwardly a frothy beer.
I want I had somewhere to hang this ornament.
If exclusively they weren’t $24 each. Each cork has his ain aspect too personality.
They expect similar an oompa band!
Chocolate Santas fix to roll.
Glogg – such a fine name.
Beer steins on display!
More lovely stars.
Nesting dolls inwards all shapes too sizes.
I honey these!
This bug-eyed snowman looks pretty yummy.
I would honey to know how these are made. They are thus pretty.
We collect Christmas ornaments when nosotros travel. The ruby-red bell was for me, the firetruck for our son, the crystal snowflake for our daughter, the deep dish pizza ornament to remind us how much pizza nosotros ate, the regal ornament was also for our daughter, the ballet slipper for my son’s girl too the pickle for my husband.
This truly is a really pretty ornament! Really it is, I honey it 🙂
My hubby was thus thrilled that he gets to play shroud the pickle!
Have a bang-up weekend too portion some goodies amongst someone y'all love. I’ll last baking some to a greater extent than this weekend thus depository fiscal establishment stand upwards for dorsum for Russian Tea Cakes, Peanut Butter Kisses too who knows what else.
Thanks for stopping by! Tricia
Source: savingdessert.com
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