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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never been to a European Christmas market. What makes them different or better?

Serious question. 
We usually go to the downtown one and have fun even if lots of the vendors don’t interest us we love to browse with cups of hot chocolate. [/quote]

Man you're missing out.  You will never go to the markets here if you've been to a. Jenna or Munich market.  You will LMAO at the DC markets.

Christmas market is one that considers more than just selling stuff like these here do.  It's about a cultural appreciation for Christmas complete with festivities via food, music, ambiance and decor, sights and art. It's less a flea market of art vendors with an opportunity to sell their stuff with a. Purple hot ciders and beer to buy.  It's celebration as a concept v sales opportunity concept.

Now I do admit that as it is a cultural thing, they take it to an extreme and there's a lot of space dedicated for the markets.  It is most definitely not just 3-4 blocks but a damn village or 2 with if space lol the size commitment would prob be hard to duplicate here but for sure the lack of charm and strong flavor of commercialism totally ruins the experience for me here.

To be fair, it's definitely something the Americans have tried to replicate - there's very little thought to actually doing it justice.  It's kind of like going to the Paris bistros where you have an outdoor scene to people watch and basically enjoy a vibe v chairs on the sidewalk of a restaurant looking at cars driving by.  It's a difference in appreciation of the subtle I suppose but I'm with the Europeans on this. [/quote]
Sounds similar to how Americans try to emulate Asian street markets and it is and can never come close. Can’t blame them for trying to recreate the magic here though, and maybe an interesting fusion can be created.[/quote]

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