On our last night in Chicago before heading to Michigan for the holidays, Ryan and I bundled up and tromped off to the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza (I say tromped because have you seen my boots? The only thing to do in them in tromp!).
The Christkindlmarket recreates a traditional German market right in the Loop. Spiced wine, streudel, old fashioned German goods for sale and lots of weinerschnitzel abound. The Christkindlmarket is one of my favorite holiday activities; buy a steaming hot cup of the spiced wine, wander around looking at everything for sale, select a new ornament for the tree and nosh on some potato pancakes with applesauce.
The tree is really great this year. I heard on the news that it is actually one massive tree, cut down from a family’s farm out in the suburbs (or maybe further than that. I don’t know if the suburbs here have farms- I don’t speak suburb).
Having just gotten done running before heading to the market, we held off on the weinerschnitzel and potato pancakes this year but we did have some spiced wine (gluwein, if you will) and enjoyed walking around the packed crowd. It felt like the right, Christmas’y thing to do.
Oh, did you want to see my hat closer? Early Christmas gift from Ryan, for the win!
Merry, Merry!