Overview
- Vienna’s market season spans more than 20 sites through Christmas Eve, with select venues running into early January, and features unique deposit‑mug souvenirs, cash‑preferred stalls, and local favorites from Glühwein to Kinderpunsch.
- Denver’s Christkindlmarket marks its 25th year with a restored Herschell Carousel and commemorative mugs and steins designed by local artist Pat Mulberry.
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s Christkindlmarkt enters its 33rd season with an eight‑week residency by German ornament maker Käthe Wohlfahrt.
- Germany remains the tradition’s core, with Dresden’s Striezelmarkt dating to 1434 and major draws across Berlin’s dozens of venues and Cologne’s cathedral‑side market.
- In the U.S., roundups highlight Chicago’s Christkindlmarket and New York’s Bryant Park Winter Village, which pairs shopping with the city’s only free‑admission ice rink.