CEO and general manager of German American Events, which runs Christkindlmarket. Biester Priebe, who is from Frankfurt, Germany, said fermented apple wine is served in an earthenware pitcher known ...

Mugs have been a souvenir staple of Christkindlmarket, which is Chicago’s version of a German open-air Christmas market, since it premiered in Pioneer Court in 1996. A variety of colors ...

A most coveted German holiday keepsake is the hand-painted, molded paper figures known as Dresdens. The rare paper ornaments produced in the mid-19th century are named for the historically rich ...

But Howell said at the Fort McCoy POW camp areas, which were located on today’s South Post of Fort McCoy, included ways for the POWs to create such keepsakes. “The German POWs had a wood shop ...