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Loveroffinerthings OP t1_iwucjnh wrote

Reply to comment by Longjumping_Tale_574 in Christkindl Markets by Loveroffinerthings

I’ve heard the Chicago one is amazing, the ones in NYC and Philly are pretty fun and easier to get to by train. We might check out the one in Bristol.

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Hawks47 t1_iwuich4 wrote

Can confirm the Chicago one is incredible! I lived in Chicago and been to European markets and Chicago does it right !

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GordonAlfredShumway t1_iwwzn4b wrote

Milwaukee one is great but they've been not doing it since COVID started and it hasn't come back yet.

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lelekfalo t1_iwvkly1 wrote

The fact that OP called it "Christkindlmarkt" was what gave it away that they were thinking of the Chicago one.

Chicago's Christkindlmarkt is pretty neat, and they've recently had to split it in two and put a second location out in the 'burbs.

Edit: Didn't realize you *were* OP who I was responding to. lmaoGuess you *haven't* been to the one in Chicago. I didn't realize anywhere else specifically called it Christkindlmarkt outside of Chicago or actual Germany.

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Loveroffinerthings OP t1_iwvu9g2 wrote

I’ve been to them all over, usually only places with a good German population calls it that, except for Denver, they called it Christkindl market, but that’s not an overly German city.

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thepola t1_iwwelpy wrote

Austrian checking in. This is what they are called in Austria, the name comes from the “Christkindl” (Christ’s’ child), which is the angel that put gifts under the Christmas tree (our version of Santa)

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