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Atlanta Christkindl Market 2023

The first and largest winter holiday festival in Atlanta presented by the German American Cultural Foundation

Dates: November 17–19, November 24–December 24, 2023

Atlanta Christkindl Market takes place during the holiday season around the Fountain of Rings at Centennial Olympic Park. With daily entertainment, live music and fun events on its big stage in front of the Christmas tree, there is no better place to meet and mingle with your family and friends. The traditional German Christmas Market offers authentic German food and beverages accompanied by festive music. Kids can participate in various cultural activities—workshops, storytelling, and sing-alongs. There are also plenty of stalls to shop for holiday gifts.

The Atlanta Christkindl Market offers a large variety of traditional German products, craftsmanship and seasonal gastronomic specialities from nutcrackers, German incense smokers, glass ornaments from Lauscha Thuringia to smoker ovens, Christmas ornaments, and Christmas Pyramids from Seiffen Erz Mountains in Germany. All kinds of Christmasy pretties like candle arches, tablecloths, and window decorations can be found here. Thre're snow globes, tea, handwoven hats and socks, jewelry, wooden toys, wood carvings, crib figurines, beer steins, and wooden wrist watches from Austria. Come and let this Christmas shopping heaven. Consider yourself warned: it's not easy to leave this place without buying anything.

Don't forget to try delicious Christmas market specials such as brats, pretzels, schnitzel, potato pancakes and dumplings, sauerkraut, stews, Spaetzle, roasted nuts, and much more. Kids might enjoy sweet stollen, gingerbread, fines chocolate treats, Chimney Cakes, European sweets, and other German favorites.

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Authors: Olha Savych