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Willkommen!! You are at our online ChristKindl-Markt, a German Christmas Market and European Gift Shop, serving our customers since 1993. We feature a large variety of the finest German Pyramids, which use candle power to rotate the levels of woodcarved figurines. Give A Memory That Will Last A Life Time with our German Handcrafted Holiday Treasures.
Shop for great Pyramids, Nutcrackers, Smokers, Figurines, Ornaments and More. Over 2000 German handcrafted gift items for you to choose from. We work directly with German manufacturers, cutting out the "middle-man", making our prices very reasonable! |
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We have fine crafted items from Glaesser, KWO, Dregeno, Ratags, Mueller, Preissler, Wendt and Kuhn - German Pyramids, German Nutcrackers, German Smokers, search by manufacturer names or by item! Try it out!
Everyone loves German Smokers, the jolly rotund characters that "smoke" incense. Smokers add charm and delight to every room where they are displayed, and ChristKindl-Markt has a large selection of characters to choose from.
ChristKindl-Markt offers Collector quality ornaments and figurines from Germany, the finest that the Erzgebirge Seiffen craftsmen create.
Search on the "shop" pages of ChristKindl-Markt to find exactly the type of item you are looking for, whether it is a Dentist German Smoker or a Chimney Sweep German Nutcracker, search by manufacturer names or item description.
Remember.. we are only a click away!
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Article Excerpts
- German figurine creation - handcrafting wood collectibles
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What goes into the creation of a German Figurine? Germany is proud of its numerous artisans who labor to create handmade crafts, many of which can be found at Christmas markets or Christkindlmarkts worldwide. These figurines have personalities and can be discovered as characters in Cuckoo clocks, music boxes, nutcrackers, German smokers as well as characters found in candle carousels or pyramids. There are numerous steps that the craftsmen go though in the creation of each and every handcrafted figurine.
To make a figurine the artisan first must locate a suitable piece of wood. Typically, the wood used would come from the Linden Tree, which is native in Germany. For example, the nutcracker to the right was made in the Erzgebirge, or Ore Mountains, of Germany, where Linden trees are plentiful. These mountains border the Czech Republic and have become known for the delicately labored over nutcrackers and figurine ........ read more.
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