Perhaps the most famous of all Christmas stories is the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, better known to most people as The Night Before Christmas. The poem first appeared in print in December 1823 in a newspaper in Troy, New York – by an anonymous author. For generations of children and their parents, we’ve believed that The Night Before Christmas was written by Clement Clarke Moore; after all, he claimed authorship in 1837.
In more recent years, after much research, the attribution to Moore has been questioned. It’s now believed by many scholars that Henry Livingston Jr., another American author, wrote the poem in about 1804 or 1805. Regardless of its authorship, the poem redefined St. Nicholas into a kindly elf – the character that the world now knows as Santa Claus.
“Girlfriends” is a musical program open to girls in grades 7 to 12 who LOVE to SING! The girls meet weekly for approximately 12 weeks to rehearse some of the great “girl” music from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.
Every other year, they put on a Christmas Show with music from the same era. “Girlfriends” is run by Angelika Werner of Angelika Werner Productions.
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Inspired by the tale of Hansel and Gretel, bakeries in Germany began decorating fancy gingerbread houses in the early 1800s. You can get a fancy pattern or informal slabs glued together with icing. Decorate with all your favourite candies. Today, grocery stores carry pre-baked kits that only need to be assembled and decorated or you can go all out and make your own Lebkuchenhaus, German Swiss Chalet Gingerbread House Dough.
Grab the kids, craft supplies and turn up Today's Concert and get crafting. Make a suncatcher Nativity scene with these step-by-step instructions or create your own Advent Calendar from now to Christmas by following this video.
My husband's family is German and up until we visited the Christkindl Market a few years ago I only had stories and some samplings of the different Christmas foods from Germany from his family. Until we visited your wonderful market I never really understood the fascination my husband has always had for German Christmas. Since that first visit my husband starts planning our next visit in October! He wouldn't miss it for the world and I have come to appreciate his heritage even more through experiencing this bit of Germany in Canada! Every year we bring our teenagers and invite our friends. Thank you for all your hard work - Christmas isn't Christmas for us now without the Christkindl Market!
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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.