{"id":96946,"date":"2019-12-04T14:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96946"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:50:51","slug":"christkindlmarkt-photos-story-by-kimberly-kanuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96946","title":{"rendered":"Christkindlmarkt | Photos &#038; Story by: Kimberly Kanuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Kimberly_Kanuck_Photography\/\">Photos &amp; Story by: Kimberly Kanuck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem, PA, \u201cThe Christmas City,\u201d hosts one of the best holiday markets in the US (per Travel + Leisure). Christkindlmarkt is open on weekends \u202athrough December 22nd. As you stroll through the aisles, you\u2019ll see the talented work from over 150 artisans. I had the pleasure of speaking with Octavio Pe\u00f1a who makes beautiful stained glass Bethlehem and Moravian stars. Octavio has actually been one of the resident artists at Banana Factory since its inception. You can see him working on the stars right in his booth. I also met the ladies of the Nazareth Ceramic Center who make those beautiful and nostalgic ceramic light-up Christmas trees. They reminded me of the one we had growing up in our home.<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f89a6b25979\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-no su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"3\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1609-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1609-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1609\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1610-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1623-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1623\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1608-1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1608-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1608\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty to do besides shop, such as live Christmas music, and ice carving and glass blowing demonstrations. What\u2019s even more fun is that you can sign up for the Hot Glass Experience Glass Ornament session to make your very own ornament. Breakfast with St. Nicholas is occurring \u202aon December 7th and 14th (additional fee). There\u2019s even a pet photo session with St. Nicholas \u202aon December 6th from 5:30-7pm (additional fee). What\u2019s new this year is the Outdoor Village with outdoor artisan huts, fire pits, and igloos. Lastly, there are plenty of food and drink vendors and even two bars.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Christkindlmarkt, please visit:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmascity.org\/christkindlmarkt\/\">https:\/\/www.christmascity.org\/christkindlmarkt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schedule:<\/p>\n<p>\u202aDecember 5-8<\/p>\n<p>\u202aDecember 12-15<\/p>\n<p>\u202aDecember 19-22<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursdays: \u202a11 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Fridays: \u202a11 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Saturdays: \u202a10 a.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sundays: \u202a10 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,2316,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-kimberly_kanuck","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Christmas-City-19.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}