Today it is the first Advent. The weeks before Christmas are counted by their Sundays: first, second, ... Advent.
A visit at a Christmas market during the time of Advent is an appreciated tradition for my family; it's almost obligatory. Today were went there, but sadly I forgot my camera.
Yet I wanted to share it with you and so I googled pics from the internet.
This is the Christmas market in Landau, our next town:
The above pic is from a former year. No snow here yet. On the contrary, it is unusual warm. Today we had 15.5°C (=59°F). People were sitting outside in sidewalk cafés. The next pic shows the same market in daylight and without snow. This is how it was today: sunny and warm. But much more crowded than in the picture.
Normally a visit at the Christmas market demands for Glühwein (= mulled wine). But today it was too warm for it.
A pic from home made mulled wine:
But you can also buy the ready stuff in bottles (that's how I do it
):
There was a historical carrousel, very similar to this one:
The historical carrousel is there every year and the kids love it. To historical carrousells belong carrousell organs, which look like this:
The organ at "our" Chrsitmas market was bigger and prettier, with moving figurines who "play" instruments. But the above pic was the best I could find. At least you have an idea of what I'm talking about.
When we were back home, we sat around our Advent wreath, lit the first candle (one candle for ervery Advent Sunday), ate the sweets we had bought at the Christmas market and actually sung a Christmas carol (we rarely sing together, not even at Christmas - but today the mood was just right).
Our Advent wreath this year has blue ornaments and candles. So you have to imagine this pic with blue and only one candle lit
