Christkindlmarkt In Clark, New Jersey On November 23, 2014

Once again, I attended the Christkindlmarkt at the Deutscher Club in Clark, NJ.  This was no doubt the most popular one that I had been to.  The parking lot was filled and I had to park elsewhere in the neighborhood.  The shopping area was crowded more than any other time in my experience.  It was packed.  That is a very good sign - it shows that the German tradition is not down and out.




The Deutscher Club Choir put on a mini concert:


Weihnachtslieder Am Christkindlmarkt In Clark, New Jersey Am 23. November 2014 (Hier ist ein mini-konzert am Christkindlmarkt am Deutscher Club in Clark, NJ.  Lieder: „Alle Jahre Wieder”, „O Tannenbaum”, „O Du Fröhliche”, „Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet”, „Süßer Die Glocken Nie Klingen” und „Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht”):

Here is the url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfoquuEUSTg




My purchases of the day [all are German-made (hergestellt in Deutschland) except for the Playmobile set which was made in Malta] ...

Here are some incense holders/smokers along with the Playmobile set featuring the Christkind [seen in Nürnberg and Philadelphia's Christmas Village (although the addition of the blue color is very strange to me ... I have never seen the Christkind in blue)] and Nikolaus.  The vendors threw in packs of incense.  The guy with the carrot is incomplete - it is such an uncommon figure that I bought it anyway.


Pewter:


Wooden ornaments from the Erzgebirge region:


These books were sold for donations ... the donations going to a local German language school:


The Deutscher Club's website: http://deutscherclub.us