Heres a Blog worthy Laugh
based on the tradition
"who ever is under the
mistletoe must kiss!"


By the way-Ive put a song I've
written on the server-goto " My profile"
then "Audio clip"
Its a nice relaxing reagea ditty;)
Merry Christmas!!

Ive finally learned enough HTML
to get a chance to poke around in web design.
The first steps are very nice compared to the first
HTML Basic work:)

"Zwetchgenmännle" Dried plums made into cute little dolls.





The History of the Christkindle's Market

As soon as the fruit and vegetable stands are dismantled and removed from the market square at the beginning of November, knocking and hammering can be heard as craftsmen erect crude brown stalls, still undecorated but a sign for every citizen of Nuremberg to prepare himself for the oncoming storm.

On the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent, Nuremberg‘s pre-Christmas spectacle, which goes by the name of the Christkindle's Market, is opened.

This pre-Christmas market can be traced back to the middle of the 16th Century. Historians, however, currently name 1628 as the year the market first appears in the historical record. An unambiguous piece of evidence remains from that year. A 19 cm oval wooden box painted with flowers in the German National Museum bears an inscription in black on its base describing the box as sent by one Susanna Eleonora Erbsin (or Elbsin) to Regina Susanna Harßdörfferin on the occasion of the Christkindle‘s Market of 1628. This box is currently regarded as the oldest piece of evidence for the Christkindle's Market.

A list of notices for booth/stall holders remains from 1737. The list shows that nearly all of Nuremberg‘s craftsmen were represented in the “town of stalls“. In those days 140 people had the right to display their wares. In 1998 there were 190 stalls on the Christkindle‘s Market which will be maintained with 200 stallholders.

he market lost a lot of importance at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. In 1933 a new ceremony lent a supernaturally romantic tone to the proceedings. Here a “gold foil angel“ recited a prologue, choirs of children sang and church bells pealed.

The Prologue was written by the dramatist Friedrich Bröger, son of Karl Bröger, the poet of the working classes. The text and the opening ceremony remain virtually unchanged.

Well I'm a little beheind with my blog lately, i've been learning my HTML and
building a band blog (www.ligafanblog.blogspot.com)
In between the snow has begun to fall,the first auto accidents have happened
and Ive gotten my new jacket and shoes.
Heres some nice pics of the country side,a bit larger than usual so be patient(40k;)