Day 10
You'll find the smells and tastes of Christmas in the Bakeries. Order today from our Christkindl Marketplace of shops and artisans.
Share your Christmas Baking Stories
Share your favourite Christmas baking stories, pictures, and traditions with us.
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Shop Our Bakery Vendors in Christkindl Marketplace
History of Baking & Stollen
Many traditional Christmas treats have histories that date back centuries and many of them originated in Germany. For example, Stollen originated in the 1400s, first as a medieval fasting food made only of flour, yeast and water. Prince Elector Ernst of Saxony, and his brother Albrecht, asked Pope Innocent VIII to revoke the ban on butter in fasting foods. Their wish was granted in 1491 and bakers of Stollen were allowed to use richer ingredients. The renowned Striezelmarkt in Dresden, Germany has been selling Stollen at Christmastime since the 1500s.
Meet SevenCastles
Today's Concert features their performance at Christkindl Market in 2019
SevenCastles are an innovative dance band with direct roots and influences from Transylvania, Austria, Germany, and the Region of Waterloo. Their styles of Dance Musik come from all over Europe, and America’s The Band features Robert Kauntz, Michael Schatz, Tyler Rich and Ron Schatz. Put the four of them together and you get a minimum of 100 years of professional experience.
These guys all sing and are able to play more than one instrument, giving them the ability to interchange with each other keeping the sound fresh and exciting.
Check out the SevenCastles Facebook page for more information.
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Share your traditions!
Join our online community on Facebook and share your favourite, funny or heartwarming Christmas baking stories and traditions.
- What are your family's baking traditions?
- Tell us some of your most favourite Christmas treats!
- Share with us your baking recipes and pictures.
Activities & Recipes
Zuckerplätzchen
Whether you're baking using your great grandmother's recipe or your inventing new flavours with children, Christmas baking is an all-time favourite tradition among many families. Turn up Today's Concert, grab your apron and bake a traditional batch of German cookies, Zuckerplätzchen (Sugar Cookies).
Here's our Zuckerplätzchen recipe.
Learn How To Make Stollen
Watch a video and virtual visit a traditional bakery in Dresden, Germany, and learn how to make Stollen from a master baker.
Baking with Mrs. Claus!
Free virtual event!
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10 am - 11 am
Join our very special guest, Mrs. Claus for a special edition of Kids in the Kitchen with Chef Nicole! Watch live on the City of Kitchener Facebook page as Mrs. Claus and Chef Nicole show you how to make the perfect sugar cookies, ready for decorating. Mrs. Claus will also be sharing some of her favourite holiday stories. Keep those tasty holiday traditions alive with the Christkindl and Kitchener Markets! And don’t forget to show us how they turn out! Post to social media using the hashtag #ChristkindlCA and #KitchenerMarket.
For more information about this free online event, visit the Kitchener Market's website.
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Food & Bakery
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Clothing & Accessories
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Shop DTKIt was amazing what wonders it did for us! From the lights and the music and the smells and watching everyone smiling and laughing... it instantly lifted our spirits and helped us keep them there through the whole holiday. Now we can't wait year to year for the first ads and we rush to mark it on the calendars. We always go the Friday night, no kids or friends, just us - to sit and take it all in. You don't know what you are missing until you have been there!
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Giving Back
The photos, videos and concerts presented on this website are a chance for visitors to relive Christkindl Markets from 1997 through 2019. In 2020 we are online only.