- (German for 'Christ-child';
pronounced [ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt] ), also
called Christkindl, is the
traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia...
- ****imilation in the
United States of the
separate German tradition of the
Christkindl Kris Kringle, the lead
character in
Miracle on 34th
Street Kris Kringle...
- –
Cardiff Cambrian Christmas Market –
Colwyn Bay
Christkindl Market – Kitchener,
Ontario Christkindl Market – Winnipeg,
Manitoba Marché de Noël allemand...
- The name
Christingle probably derives from a
German dialectical word
Christkindl,
meaning 'Christ-child' or 'Christmas gift'. Alternatively, according...
- most po****r gift-bringing
character in
Germany after Saint Nicholas,
Christkindl, and Der
Weihnachtsmann but is
virtually unknown outside the country...
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Commerce of the Midwest, 17
November 2006.
Retrieved 8 July 2007
Denver Christkindl Market Archived 4
December 2020 at the
Wayback Machine German American...
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major manufacturer of
quality horse-drawn
carriages and
sleighs Annual "
Christkindl Market" (a
traditional German Christmas festival). The
borough is situated...
- that many
Protestants changed the gift
bringer to the
Christ Child or
Christkindl, and the date of
giving gifts changed from
December 6 to
Christmas Eve...
- are both
corruptions of the
original name of the
Austrian gift-bringer
Christkindl,
which means the "Christ Child".
Exceptions are the UK (where the traditional...
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German sounding Donner and Blitzen). By 1845, "Kris Kringle" (from "
Christkindl(e)",
German for "Christ-child") was a
common variant of
Santa in parts...
