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 Willkommen!! You are at our online ChristKindl-Markt, a German Christmas Market and European Gift Shop, serving our customers since 1993. We feature a large variety of the finest German Pyramids, which use candle power to rotate the levels of woodcarved figurines. Give A Memory That Will Last A Life Time with our German Handcrafted Holiday Treasures.
Shop for great Pyramids, Nutcrackers, Smokers, Figurines, Ornaments and More. Over 2000 German handcrafted gift items for you to choose from. We work directly with German manufacturers, cutting out the "middle-man", making our prices very reasonable! |
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We have fine crafted items from Glaesser, KWO, Dregeno, Ratags, Mueller, Preissler, Wendt and Kuhn - German Pyramids, German Nutcrackers, German Smokers, search by manufacturer names or by item! Try it out!
Everyone loves German Smokers, the jolly rotund characters that "smoke" incense. Smokers add charm and delight to every room where they are displayed, and ChristKindl-Markt has a large selection of characters to choose from.
ChristKindl-Markt offers Collector quality ornaments and figurines from Germany, the finest that the Erzgebirge Seiffen craftsmen create.
Search on the "shop" pages of ChristKindl-Markt to find exactly the type of item you are looking for, whether it is a Dentist German Smoker or a Chimney Sweep German Nutcracker, search by manufacturer names or item description.
Remember.. we are only a click away!
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- Are Nutcrackers Only a German Thing?
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German nutcrackers are wildly popular collectibles that are made in the Erzgebirge mountain region of northeastern Germany. German nutcrackers have been used and display around Christmas throughout the world for hundreds of years, but the question remains, are German nutcrackers solely a German thing? Let us take a look at nutcrackers throughout the ages to see how German nutcrackers came to be and how Germany became known as the home to the most popular nutcrackers in the world.
Nuts have been an important part of the human diet for thousands of years. Unfortunately for us, the soft and tasty insides of the typical nut are ingeniously protected by its hard and oftentimes impenetrable outer shell. While the German nutcrackers of today are mostly used for decoration rather than practical nut crackers, the tools used to crack open nuts have transformed dramatically over the centuries. The earliest nutcrackers were of course rocks, but as man began making his own tools the manmade nutcracker was born. The oldest known metal nutcracker ever found dates back to 200 B.C. and was found in the ruins ........ read more.
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