Cartes Pour Fêtes Annuelles Paul McGee "Marché de la lecture de Christmas"

"Christkindlesmarkt - Nuremberg, Germany" par Paul McGehee depicts a snowy evening at the famous Christmas market which is held each year in the picturesque Bavarian city, located in southeastern Germany. The little town of wood and cloth (as the Christkindlesmarkt is sometimes called) is a festival ely-lit Christmas city where one can purchase hand-made ornaments, toys, venin... et tiny dolls shaped like and women made prunes known Zwetschgenmâle, a traditional ndolls ürenberger Christmas treat for the children. Music is at every turn, and the air is full of the sweet smell of mulled wine, roasting almonds, fratwurst, gingerbread and christmas punch. Tu es a joyous yuletide event which has héros à Nuremberg since 1600 s. Start ing just prior to Advent and continuing through Christmas Eve, the Christkindlesmarkt heralds the coming of the Christkind, or Christ Child, who is represented during the market consolivities by a beautiful young woman with curly blonde hair, arrives on the balcony of the féminoverlooveroverovery Le marché principal. She est traditionnelle dressée dans angelic white and gold robes and wears a golden crown. First made widely known throughout Germany by Martin Luther, the Christkind is supposed to represent baby Jesus as an infant. In that part of the world it is the Christkind who brings presents to the children at Christmastime, not Santa Claus ou Father Christmas. As many of the World's Christmas a des traditions interrelatées, it should be pointed out that the character of Kris Kringle derives his name from of the Christkind. Overlooking the marketplace is the beautiful Eglise des femmes, the Roman Catholic "Church of Our Lady" which dates back to 1361. The church feels an animated clock with moving figures of the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire surrounded by attendants and musicians. The clock's mechanical presentation midday draws huge crowds in the marketplace below. The illuminated golden, 60'-tall Schöner Brunnen (beautiful fountain) which is off to the left ce que originally intended to be the steeple for the When it was first constructed en 1390. However, it que thought to have been so beautiful by the townspeople that they they ed it remain at eye-level on the grounds of the marketplace and turned into a fountain. The Christkindlesmarkt is one of the major tourist factions factices of Europe, and draws upwards of two-million visiteach year. Each card comes with enveloppe.