Christkindlmarket Chicago | Sidewalk Blues | Marshall Field's Christmas Windows

919 views · Published 25 November 2018 · 19:59 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: Kimock7 · 2018 · People & Blogs

Watch on YouTube

Christkindlmarket is a Christmas market held annually at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The festival attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.  The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996.  Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza.  That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors.  By 1999, the Christkindlmarket had become part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival.  In recent years, Chicago's Christkindlmarket has become the largest Christmas market in the United States, hosting well over 1 million visitors annually.  In 2016, Christkindlmarket expanded to the Chicago suburb of Naperville.  At the site beer, wine, baked goods, meats, toys, holiday ornaments, and other Christmas decorations are sold by vendors from Germany, Ukraine, Austria, and the Chicago metropolitan area.

More from this channel