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Wisconsin communities bring cozy drinks and European arts and crafts to outdoor Christmas markets this holiday season.
The Milwaukee County Zoo has free daytime admission on Dec. 7 for Family Free Day and Dec. 26-30 for Frosty Free Week. If you go, check out the zoo's Fantastic Forest in the entrance, where there ...
Christkindlmarket Des Moines – Des Moines, Iowa; Christkindlmarkt – Ferdinand, Indiana; Christkindlmarkt – Front Royal, Virginia [123] Christkindlmarkt – Helen, Georgia [124] Christkindlmarkt – Leavenworth, Washington [125] Christkindl Market – Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania [126] Christkindlmarkt – Monroe, Wisconsin – Turner Hall [127]
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 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]
Christkindlmarket now lasts almost one full month in Daley Plaza. 2010 German food, drink and trinkets still attract crowds to Daley Plaza 15 years after the event began in Chicago.
Fiserv Forum (/ f aɪ ˈ s ɜːr v ˈ f ɔːr əm /; stylized as fiserv.forum) is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.It is the home of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team of Marquette University.