Germany's many Christmas markets are ideal places to shop for holiday goods. With sometimes hundreds of vendors selling handmade crafts and artisanal gifts, there's a lot to choose from.

Manchester’s Christmas market attracts huge numbers of visitors each year - Mark Waugh Germany took the lead ... occasion to the Christ-child as the gift-bringer. Christmas markets spread ...

In some places, this gift-bringer evolved into a distinct character: a female angel with flowing blond locks. Instead of writing to Santa, Austrian children send their Christmas letters to her ...

The Christ Child - seen here played by Barbara Otto in 2016 - opens Nuremberg's Christmas market The mayor ... teenage girl picked to be a Christmas gift-bringer. A member of Alternative for ...

An Evangelical Church congregation in Germany could face criminal charges for holding an “anti-colonial” Christmas market that sold banned Hamas symbols. Prosecutors are investigating the ...