Separating itself from the retail world that adorns the Magnificent Mile and State Street in the city, Christkindlmarket Chicago offers visitors a unique holiday shopping experience. The wide range of offerings includes eclectic ornaments that are hand-blown and painted and cannot be found anywhere else besides the market. The classic German products like nutcrackers, cuckoo clocks, beer steins, and Hummel figurines are always popular items with visitors. The vendors offer thousands of ornaments in all shapes and sizes, toys for all ages, jewelry, clothes, home decor, and wooden handicrafts. Several vendors demonstrate how their handicrafts are made at the market . A glass vendor etches directly at the market to customize beer and wine glasses as well as vases and other trinkets that he sells. A wood carver demonstrates his unique carving technique and visitors can purchase his creations directly from the workbench.
However, the most popular bits and pieces offered by the vendors that have visitors lining up are the large assortment of savory and sweet foods, drinks and candied treats. Visitors can smell some of the tempting aromas from the sausages, sauerkraut, potato pancakes, waffles and many other delicacies throughout the market. The Glühwein, traditional German holiday market hot spiced wine, has been perfected to please the palate and warm the heart. This beverage is so special that it comes in a souvenir cup shaped like a boot and decorated with the markets signature logo and the year. German beer that will quench any thirst also flows from the drink vendors’ tap. The assortment of roasted nuts, sweet cakes and pastries, or German chocolates and candied goodies are sure to leave all sweet-toothed visitors satisfied.
2010 vendors will be updated once confirmed!
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Find a list of our 2009 Vendors below:
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Alpine Heritage |
Lake Tahoe, CA - USA |
Austrian imports with nativity scenes in boxes, Christmas, winter and summer ornaments and Swarovski-Strass crystal gift items. |
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Bavarian Work Shop |
München - Germany |
Authentic German ornaments for decorating the tree and home. |
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Zwiesel - Germany |
Ornaments, animals, holiday decorations made of glass. Glass etching demonstration and custom etching directly in the booth. |
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Little Ferry, NJ - USA |
Mittens - fun & functional polar fleece BearHands; Buddy Hats and Scarves; Available in 8 sizes infant through adult. |
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From the Holy Land |
Hand carved-wooden nativity scenes, praying hands and religious symbols and gift items. |
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Augsburg - Germany |
All types of products made from honey (candles, candy, soap etc.) | |||
Berlin - Germany |
CD's and MC's of German Holiday music and stories and gift items. | |||
Mexico |
Folk art, jewelry,world music cd's, season art such as ornaments, mittens from Mexico, Latin America and the U.S. |
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Altenhain - Germany |
Carvings of animals, sculptures made of wood, Home décor and accessories. |
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Poland |
Toys, hand painted ornaments, figurine candles, Polish pottery, wooden sleds and many more gift items. |
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Black Forest - Germany |
Cuckoo clocks, wooden crafts with custom engraving and woodcarving demonstrations. |
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Frank's Bavarian Gift Shop |
Bavaria - Germany |
Chocolate covered fruits, marzipan, chocolate covered cookies and many more sweet treats. Beer steins, figurines and wooden ornaments. |
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Helen's Gem Collection |
Valley Cottage, NY - USA |
Handcrafted gemstone, freshwater pearl and Swarovski crystal jewelry. | ||
Kathmandu - Nepal |
Tea, silver jewelry, silk and pashmina scarves, mountain goat wool jackets and sweaters and many more gift ideas from Nepal. |
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Dresden - Germany |
Wooden Christmas decorations from genuine Erzgebirge (including: incense burning figurines, pyramids, cuckoo clocks etc.) |
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Imexta Gifts and Crafts |
Strullendorf - Germany |
Clay and ceramic pottery items including coffee & tea sets, plates and pitchers, decorative German houses that light up to create sceneries, Holiday and straw ornaments. |
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Geneva, IL - USA |
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Kalos Colors |
Poland |
Polish Glass and Amber Jewelry | ||
White Bear Lake, MN - USA |
One of the most famous Christmas stores in the world, from Rothenburg/ Germany, has a permanent place here in Chicago at the market. Its walk-in booth holds Holiday ornaments, pyramids, crèche and many, many more gifts and specialty items. |
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Kerzen Studio
Poennighaus |
Bad Oeynhausen - Germany |
Candles, ceramic houses in the form of popular German buildings & churches etc., paper stars, home décor, and tea-light gift items. |
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Chicago, IL -
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Regional Histories & Guidebooks | |||
Lauscha - Germany |
A large walk-in booth with Holiday ornaments of every shape, size, make and model. |
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Lightning Glass (German Glass Christmas Ornaments) |
Ernstthal - Germany |
Original German handmade & hand-painted glass Holiday ornaments and bells and other gift items made from glass. |
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Meinel's Stick |
Hammerbrücke - Germany |
Plauener lace products. | ||
Otavalo Inka & Kikimba |
Ecuador |
Leather purses, back packs and bamboo jewelry. Handmade Alpaca wool sweaters, ponchos, scarves, gloves and hats. |
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Pallay Crafts |
Peru |
Peruvian jewelry, charms, rings and many more holiday gift items. |
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Rossdorf - Germany |
Pewter Holiday ornaments, pendants, tin figurines, pictures that are handmade and painted. |
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Russian & Ukrainian Gifts |
Kharkiv - Ukraine |
Russian and Ukrainian Gifts – wooden gifts including: nesting dolls, hand painted Santa’s, lacquer boxes, pins, hand carved & hand painted holiday ornaments etc. and paper-mâché items. |
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Sahara Imports |
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Lamps, lanterns, selenite crystals, wood crafted items, ceramics and fossil stoneware from Morocco. | ||
The Scarf King |
Shorewood , WI - USA |
Cashmere, pashmina and silk scarves in a variety of colors and patterns. |
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Chicago, IL - USA |
Alphabetables - plush, handmade pillows adorned with letters | |||
Dresden - Germany |
Wooden toys and a large assortment of games for big and small. |
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Walking Toys |
St. Petersburg - Russia |
Famous walking toys. |
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Palatine, IL - USA |
Imported Bischoff Premium Pilsner and Bischoff Christmas Doppelbock. Also Original Sternthaler Nürnberger Christkindles Glühwein (traditional hot spiced wine). |
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Brutzelbude Kahla |
Schönwald - Germany |
Schnitzel, Chicken sandwiches, German burgers, potato pancakes, goulash soup, French fries, hot dogs, pizza and hot & cold drinks. |
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Chicago, IL - USA |
Famous “Stollen”, traditional German Holiday cake, hot chocolate and other delightful baked goods to enjoy at the market or to take home. |
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German Grill Company LLC |
Plauen - Germany |
Sausages including: Nürnberger, spicy kilometer and Currywurst. Also Leberkäse, sauerkraut, fried potatoes, potato pancakes, smoked pork loin, grilled chicken breast, sweet cheese fritters, fresh baked waffles and snow balls, hot & cold drinks. |
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Hot Pretzels |
Bad Oeynhausen - Germany |
A variety of pretzels including plain, sweet and savory selections. |
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Honey Brook, PA - USA |
Helmut's famous assortment of strudels: apple, cherry, cheese, broccoli/spinach, lemon pepper chicken puffs, puff dogs, French bread pizza, pretzels and hot drinks. | ||
Sweet Castle |
Neidenbach - Germany |
Assortment of roasted nuts, ginger bread, and German cookies. A huge assortment of German chocolates & candy, Stollen (Traditional German Holiday cake), popcorn and cotton candy. |
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Nordheim - Germany |
Assorted roasted nuts, marzipan candy, gingerbread, and chocolate specialties. |
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Traditional German Food LLC |
Joessnitz - Germany |
Bratwurst, Currywurst, Leberkaese, Sauerkraut, Hot Soups, Potato Pancakes, Sweet Cheesefritters and new this year: Baked Apples. Also, hot and cold drinks. | confirmed |
