Christmas markets have opened in Germany
According to ancient tradition, on the eve of Advent (the four-week time previous a holiday of Christmas - western tradition), Christmas markets, which this year will be prolonged till December, 24th, are being arranged in ancient German streets.
It is considered, that the most colorful and grandiose fairs, gathering thousands people, pass in the federal regions of Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg. One of the brightest and well-known Christmas markets settles down on the market area of Old City at well-known Frauenkirche church in Nuremberg, where, according to national traditions, it is being opened by golden-winged angel, which role is played by local girl, who has passed special competition. And every time in local press there are short disputes, what the winner the winner should be - Catholic or Protestant is held.
More than for a half a century on the second Thursday of December two thousand Nuremberg schoolboys pass celebratory parade through evening city to a Christmas market, holding their self-made small lamps. Nuremberg “Christkind” (”Baby-Christ”) solemnly reads evangelical texts and calls all on the Christmas market under accompaniment of celebratory music. Scenery of Christmas day nursery, where actors illustrate evangelical history about Jesus Christ’s Christmas is arranged in the center of the market.
Every year from 2 up to 4 million tourists from all countries of the world are coming to Nuremberg, Dresden and Munich in order to feel celebratory atmosphere of Christmas markets, to take pleasure in their fantastic enchantling spectacle and also to try Christmas gingerbreads and to drink to a mug of hot mulled wine.
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