Christmas trees are for sale at an outbound street in the north of Frankfurt, Dec.11.
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Frankfurt’s Christmas Market
Frankfurt’s christmas market is open again and running until Dec.22. It is one of the largest Christmas markets in all of Germany and considered one of the most beautiful. It draws some 3 million visitors every year. Especially on weekends I’d rather avoid it.
The Old Gingerbread Bakery
Gingerbread being hand-made at Willi Baumann’s bakery in Reichelsheim-Beerfurth in the Odenwald region, some 70 kms (42 mls) south of Frankfurt, Dec. 1. The family business is one of oldest in the Odenwald and operates in the 11th generation, baking gingerbread as it did in 1785 without coloring, flavor enhancer or preservatives. Customers queue right in the bakehouse, buying ‘lebkuchen’ as it comes right out of the coal-heated oven.
Santa is not the Easter Bunny
A Christmas tree ball in the shape of an Easter bunny on display at the Christmasworld trade fair in Frankfurt, Jan.24.
Christmas Cameras
Two christmas tree balls shaped like Leica and Rollei cameras are on display at the Christmasworld trade fair that opened in Frankfurt, Jan.24. They are mouth-blown from glass and hand-painted by the people at a small manufacturer in Neustadt in northern Bavaria.
Picture was taken with a Japanese camera, though. (Canon 5d MkIII, EF 24-70 2.8 L II, f 3.5, 1/40 sec)
Christmas
People gather at Frankfurt’s central Roemerberg square to sing christmas carols and to listen to the 50 bells of all of the inner city’s churches ringing in concert, Dec. 24.
At the approach of Christmas
Some people have already adorned their windows for Christmas. (Taken near the Guenthersburg park in Frankfurt, Dec.8.)
Roudabout
A roundabout turns on the little Christmas market in the old town of Frankfurt’s western Hoechst district, Nov.30.
Christmas Market Open
Frankfurt’s traditional Christmas market opened this week. It was first mentioned in 1393 and is considered one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Germany. It runs until December 22, 2013. (This photo was actually taken two years ago, but it basically looks the same every year.)
