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CHRISTKINDLMARKET CHICAGO 2016

294 views · Published 20 December 2016 · 3:09 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: kofuzi · 2016 · People & Blogs

Last weekend, we took my sister and her family to Christkindlmarket in Chicago. This is a traditional German Christmas market that is held at the Daley Center in Chicago. It is one of my favorite things that this city does. My wife and I have been going here every year for nearly a decade.

And these days, with kids, it's harder to enjoy Christkindlmarket in the same way that we used to. But, we always still make sure to get a mug of gluhwein, a hot mulled wine that is delicious in the cold weather of Chicago. The gluhwein gets served in these little souvenier ceramic mugs, which are a huge collector's item around here. Our collection dates back to 2010. Usually, the mugs are in the shape of a boot or holiday stocking.

This year, my wife got the kindergluhwein (non-alcoholic) And for my daughter, we bought an empty mug in which we put hot chocolate that we brought in a thermos (they sell hot chocolate in the mugs, but we still bring our own because of our peanut allergy).

The Christkindlmarket has changed a little bit over the years. There used to be a little hut where kids could wait to meet Santa. And the city Christmas tree used to be here (it's moved to Millenium Park, now). One year, the city Christmas tree wasn't a tree but a constellation of little Christmas trees arranged to look like one big tree. Afterwards, they had to distmantle it with a crane.

The footage for this video was shot almost two weeks ago, but last night, there was a mass killing at a German Christmas Market. A semi truck plowed through the market, killing twelve. I can't help but feel connected to that traumatic event. And because I don't know what else I can do, I will hold my family that much closer to me as I start this day.

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music:
Train by Sergey Cheremisinov
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/Charms/Sergey_Cheremisinov_-_Charms_-_02_Train

end card music:
Jim Yosef - Checkered
https://soundcloud.com/ninety9live/jim-yosef-checkered