It's that time of the year again! I've been getting a lot of emails asking what Christmas is like in Germany. Well, it's nice! The best part is the "Christmas Markets" which most decent sized towns have, usually held in the center or downtown area. (Although sometimes you will see shopping centers/areas having their own little christmas market too.) It's almost like a holiday craft fair, where people sell stuff in wooden booths. People tend to sell hand crafted items, like candle stuff, figurines, dolls, mostly novelty, knick knack stuff. Good gifts for grandma. Then there are plenty of food booths, selling sausage sandwiches, crepes, chocolate covered marzipan, eggnog, and on. Everyone has at least one cup of Glühwein, which is hot wine with sugar and rum. It really warms you up when you're standing out
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