Separating
itself from the retail world that adorns the Magnificent Mile and State
Street in the city, Christkindlmarket Chicago offers visitors a unique
holiday shopping experience. The wide range of offerings includes
eclectic ornaments that are hand-blown and painted and cannot be found anywhere
else besides the market. The classic German products like nutcrackers,
cuckoo clocks, beer steins, and Hummel figurines
are the most popular items among visitors. The vendors are also packed with
thousands of ornaments
of all shapes and sizes, toys
for all ages, jewelry, clothes, home
decor, and wooden handicrafts. Several vendors
demonstrate at the market how their handicrafts are made. A glass vendor
etches directly at the market to customize beer and wine glasses as well
as vases and other trinkets that he sells. A wood carver demonstrates his
unique carving technique and visitors can purchase his creations directly
from the workbench.
However, the most
popular bits and pieces offered by the vendors that have visitors lining
up are the large assortment of savory and sweet foods, drinks and candied
treats. Visitors can smell some of the succulent aromas from the sausages,
sauerkraut, potato pancakes, waffles
and many other delicacies throughout the market. The Glühwein,
traditional German holiday market hot spiced wine, has been perfected to
please the palate and warm the heart. This beverage is so special that it
comes in a souvenir cup
the shape of a boot which is decorated with the markets signature logo and
the year. German beer
that will quench any thirst also flows from the drink vendors’ tap. The
assortment of roasted nuts, sweet cakes
and pastries, or German chocolates and candied goodies
are sure to leave all sweet-toothed visitors satisfied.
The vendor list for 2008 is in progress. Above please find a sample of 2007.
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Vendor |
From |
Products |
Alpine Heritage |
Oberösterreich - Austria |
Austrian imports with nativity scenes in boxes, Christmas, winter and summer ornaments and Swarovski-Strass crystal gift items. |
Art Business Center Inc. |
Kharkiv - Ukraine |
Russian and Ukrainian Gifts – wooden gifts including: nesting dolls, hand painted Santa’s, lacquer boxes, pins, hand carved & hand painted holiday ornaments etc. and paper-mâché items. |
Bavarian Workshop |
München - Germany |
Authentic German ornaments for decorating the tree and home. |
Bayerische Glasstrasse |
Zwiesel - Germany |
Ornaments, animals, holiday decorations made of glass. Glass etching demonstration and custom etching directly in the booth. |
Bethlehem Nativity Products |
From the Holy Land |
Hand carved-wooden nativity scenes, praying hands and religious symbols and gift items. |
BT Music |
Berlin - Germany |
CD's and MC's of German Holiday music and stories and gift items. |
Der Lindwurm GmbH |
Altenhain - Germany |
Carvings of animals, sculptures, toys and games made of wood. Home décor and accessories. |
Dom itp Ltd |
Poland |
Toys, hand painted ornaments, figurine candles, Polish pottery, wooden sleds and many more gift items. |
Frank's Bavarian Giftshop |
Bavaria - Germany |
Chocolate covered fruits, marzipan, chocolate covered cookies and many more sweet treats. Beer steins, figurines and wooden ornaments. |
Fehrenbach Black Forest Clocks |
Black Forest - Germany |
Cuckoo clocks, wooden crafts with custom engraving and woodcarving demonstrations. |
German Delights |
Niederwerrn - Germany |
Bavarian folk style jewelry and scarves with „Edelweiß “ theme, men’s „Sepplhüte“ hats, suspenders, Christmas dwarfs and „Lebkuchenhäuser“ gingerbread houses, Snowball and other ornaments, music boxes, kitchen herbs and spices, baking mixes, fruit candies and gingerbread of all sorts. |
Lauschaer Glaskugelhaus |
Lauscha - Germany |
A large walk-in booth with Holiday ornaments of every shape, size, make and model. |
Hoffmann Company |
Dresden - Germany |
Wooden Christmas decorations from genuine Erzgebirge (including: incense burning figurines, pyramids, cuckoo clocks etc.) |
Himalayan Chai |
Kathmandu - Nepal |
Tea, silver jewelry, silk and pashmina scarves, mountain goat wool jackets and sweaters and many more gift ideas from Nepal. |
Imexta Gifts and Crafts |
Strullendorf - Germany |
Clay and ceramic pottery items including coffee & tea sets, plates and pitchers, decorative German houses that light up to create sceneries, Holiday and straw ornaments. |
Käthe Wohlfahrt of America |
Stillwater, MN - USA |
One of the most famous Christmas stores in the world, from Nuremberg Germany, has a permanent place here in Chicago at the market. Its walk-in booth holds Holiday ornaments, pyramids, crèche and many, many more gifts and specialty items. |
Kerzenstudio
Poennighaus |
Öynhausen, Germany |
Candles, ceramic houses in the form of popular German buildings & churches etc., paper stars, home décor, and tea-light gift items. |
Lightning
Glass |
Ernstthal - Germany |
Original German handmade & hand-painted glass Holiday ornaments and bells and other gift items made from glass. |
Mader's |
Milwaukee, WI - USA |
Hummel figurines and beer steins. |
Marrakech Express |
Marrakech - Morocco |
Lamps, lanterns, selenite crystals, wood crafted items, ceramics and fossil stoneware from Morocco. |
Meinel's
Stick |
Hammerbrücke - Germany |
Plauener lace products. |
Otavalo Inka & Kikimba |
Ecuador |
Leather purses, back packs and bamboo jewelry. Handmade Alpaca wool sweaters, ponchos, scarves, gloves and hats. |
Pallay Crafts |
Peru |
Peruvian jewelry, charms, rings and many more holiday gift items. |
R. Oehmke Kunsthandwerk |
Rossdorf - Germany |
Pewter Holiday ornaments, pendants, tin figurines, pictures that are handmade and painted. |
Salon Plauener Spitze (Plauen Lace) |
Plauen -Germany |
Large Assortment of original Plauener lace and embroidery products & décor. |
Scarf King |
Shorewood , WI - USA |
Cashmere, pashmina and silk scarves in a variety of colors and patterns. |
Sweet Castle |
Neidenbach - Germany |
Assortment of roasted nuts, ginger bread, and German cookies. A huge assortment of German chocolates & candy, Stollen (Traditional German Holiday cake), popcorn and cotton candy. |
Sweet Swabian |
Nordheim - Germany |
Assorted roasted nuts, marzipan candy, gingerbread, and chocolate specialties. |
Toy Wonderland |
Dresden - Germany |
Wooden toys and a large assortment of games for big and small. |
Walking Toys |
St. Petersburg - Russia |
Famous walking toys. |
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Vendor |
From |
Products |
Brutzelbude Kahla |
Schönwald - Germany |
Schnitzel, chicken sandwiches, German burgers, potato pancakes, goulash soup, French fries, hot dogs, pizza and hot & cold drinks. |
Dinkel's Bakery |
Chicago, IL - USA |
Famous “Stollen”, traditional German Holiday cake, hot chocolate and other delightful baked goods to enjoy at the market or to take home. |
German Grill Company LLC |
Plauen - Germany |
Sausages including: Bratwurst, Nürnberger and spicy kilometer. Soups, Leberkäse, sauerkraut, fried potatoes, potato pancakes, smoked pork loin, grilled chicken breasts, hot & cold drinks. |
Helmut's Original Austrian Strudel |
Honey Brook, PA - USA |
Helmut's famous assortment of strudels: apple, cherry, cheese, broccoli/spinach, lemon pepper chicken puffs, puff dogs, French bread pizza, pretzels and hot drinks. |
International Markets |
Chicago, IL - USA |
Bischoff Premium Pilsner, Christmas Bock beer and Glühwein (traditional Holiday hot spiced wine). |
Mader's |
Milwaukee, WI - USA |
The famous Milwaukee restaurant is serving up delights including their famous Reuben rolls, vegetarian lentil soup, salad, beef Rouladen, Spätzle noodles, Bienenstich and Black Forest cake. Gift items and baskets will be available for purchase. |
Pretzel House |
Öynhausen - Germany |
A variety of pretzels including plain, sweet and savory selections. |
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