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The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. [1] [2] Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. [2] That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors. [2]
Almost 700 days since it sold its last mug of Gluhwein, Christkindlmarket has reopened for its 25th season at two locations — Daley Plaza and Gallagher Way outside Wrigley Field. Mugs have been ...
Christkindlmarket – Chicago, Illinois [121] Christkindl Market – Denver, Colorado [122] Christkindlmarket Des Moines – Des Moines, Iowa; Christkindlmarkt – Ferdinand, Indiana; Christkindlmarkt – Front Royal, Virginia [123] Christkindlmarkt – Helen, Georgia [124] Christkindlmarkt – Leavenworth, Washington [125]
Thirty-five wooden booths are built in Germany and shipped to Chicago for the first Christkindlmarket Chicago, which lasts 17 days with 15 vendors. ... 2009. Christkindlmarket now lasts almost one ...
Some in the U.S. have adapted the German name to quasi-English Christkindlmarket, swapping German Markt and market. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire , which included many eastern regions of modern France. [ 2 ]
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The 2009 tree cost was reduced by more than half of the $300,000 the 2008 tree cost to erect, decorate and maintain. [6] Because the 2009 tree was just one tree, as opposed to multiple smaller trees, it could not support the weight of the many ornaments that usually adorn the Daley Plaza tree and thus it was decorated only with lights .
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