Open to the public. Event is held rain, snow or shine.
Friday 12/5/25 from 3-9 PM / Saturday 12/6/25 from 12-9 PM
Sunday 12/7/25 from 12-5 PM
Outdoor Kitchen will be serving delicious walk-around food.
Indoor sit-down Dining Room serving a special German Holiday menu.
Outside and inside bars serving special Holiday cocktails, beers, and drinks:
2024 Beer List:
- Saucony Creek Cranberry Shandy (Shandy - 5.2% ABV)
- Two Roads Holiday Ale (Biere de Garde - 7.3% ABV)
- 1911 Sugar Plum Cider (Cider - 6.9%)
- Southern Tier Tiramisu (Imperial Double Stout - 10% ABV)
- Conshohocken 2 Hour Delay IPA (Hazy Winter IPA - 5.4% ABV)
- Ithaca Fugly Sweater Dark Lager (Dark Lager - 5.7% ABV)
- Troegs Mad Elf (Belgian Strong Ale - 11% ABV)
- New Belgium Holiday Ale (Winter Warmer - 7.5% ABV)
2024 Cocktails:
- Christmas Margarita (Cranberry Vodka, Margarita Mix, Cranberry Juice)
- Candy Cane White Russian (Candy Cane Vodka, Kahlua, Cream)
- Caramel Mule (Caramel Vodka, Ginger Ale, Club Soda, Lime Juice)
NEW THIS YEAR: Visit our Hot Chocolate Bar!
Enjoy a regular or spiked Hot Chocolate and top it with Mini Candy Canes or Marshmallows.
Kick your hot chocolate up a notch: choose from Faber’s Vanilla, Candy Cane, Caramel, or Chocolate vodkas.
2025 Christkindlmarkt Vendor List
In no particular order:
Archwood Soapery – all-natural cold-process soaps, balms, salves, and shampoo
Becca Bee Designs – handmade fiber arts, hats, mittens, home décor, educational toys
Bewitched Candles – soy wax candles
Beyond Our Red Door – light-up sleds, hand-painted jewelry boxes, wreaths and ornaments
Billy’s Homemade Candies – homemade chocolates and candies from a Temple institution
Cent’Anni Cigars – exclusive hand-rolled cigars from the Dominican Republic
Charles Moore Associates – German steins, shirts, sweatshirts, ceramics, and jewelry
Crafted From Faith – handcrafted polymer clay jewelry
Custom Inlays by Chel – handmade wooden kitchen and charcuterie utensils
Environaire – Rainbow vacuum and cleaning system
Ernst Licht Imports – authentic German clothing, steins, collectibles, and gifts
Fenstermacher Glas Kunst – hand-blown and fused glass art, and handmade pottery
Flying Dutchmen Ski Club – info and membership stand for the local ski club
Furniture Farm Woodworking – Locally sourced and crafted cutting boards and birdhouses
Habby Fruit Hot Sauces – Habanero fruit-based hot sauces in a variety of flavors
Heidelberg Woodcrafts – hand-turned wooden Christmas trees, snowmen, ornaments, smokers
Iron Oak Creations – local blacksmith with indoor and outdoor items
JT’s Creations – shadow boxes, wax melts, gift baskets, engraved wood
James M Beidler Research – author’s books on German genealogy
Jewelry by Jess – beaded semi-precious bracelets, necklaces, and earrings
Knitty Spin – handmade knitted items, seasonal crafts
Kostival Arts – Pysanky eggs, Pysanky jewelry, chalkware Santas
Lily’s Crochet Plushies – crochet plushies, stickers, magnets and blankets
Little Germany – German steins, nutcrackers, smokers, pyramids, toys, and ornaments
Love and Blessings Heart Tie-dye – locally made unique tie-dye shorts, socks, and other items
Maltese Custom Creations – jewelry, jewelry boxes, and home decor
Mel’s Crafty Creations - resin charcuterie boards, décor, trinkets, lazy-susans, ornaments
Muse Creations – illuminated Moravian stars, scented soy candles, bayberry candles
My heart beads For You – scarf jewelry, purse jewelry, beaded jewelry
Mystic Cottage Candle Company – handmade soy candles, wax melts, and wood-wick candles
One-by-One Cat Rescue – all kinds of cat-related items, helping to fund local rescues
Que Sera Sera Shoppe – handmade totes, jewelry, pet gear, and crocheted stuff animals
Pagoda Skyline – Pagoda and Mount Penn memorabilia and souvenirs
Paper Pie – children’s and young adult books and education items
Peter Piper Pickle Palace – artisan pickles, sauerkraut, peppers, cheese spreads, pickle jewelry
Reading Liederkranz Ladies Auxiliary – Christmas ornaments, gifts, décor, and crafts
Reading Liederkranz Singers – homemade Christmas cookies and baked goods
Rora’s Sweet Corn – on-the-spot fresh kettle corn, gourmet popcorn, caramel apples
Serenity Garden Pottery – one-of-a-kind pottery, both functional and decorative
Slightly Ajar – assorted gourmet gift foods and gifts
Smokey Blu’s Beef Jerky – locally-prepared beef jerky
Susie Q’s Crafts and Ceramics – hand-painted ceramics, ornaments, and Old World Santas
Sweet Cakes – homemade cookies, nonpareils, and candy
Temple Greenhouses – German candy, gifts and crafts
TK Woodart – Christmas and holiday engravings, paintings, and ornaments
The Bar Cart - Pennsylvania-produced whiskeys and spirits, bitters, and mixers
The Collective Textile – laser-crafted gifts and décor, 3D-printed fidgets
The Name Origin – customized family name print gifts, available matted and framed
The Soulshine Shop – homemade apothecary, incense and burners, natural mushroom jewelry
Timbo’s Licorice Ropes – gimongous licorice in assorted flavors
Twitchy Coffee – gourmet coffee, gift boxes, merchandise, helping to fund pet rescues
VOID Soap – locally-made organic soaps and skin care
Weil Clocks – cuckoo clocks, tall clock, mantel clocks, steins, and nutcrackers
Whiskey Willow’n’Lace - knitted items, purses, seasonal décor, upcycled sustainable clothing
Who’s Walking Who? Pet Grooming – dog collars, treats and more dog and cat stuff
Willow Street Woodworking – turned-wood Christmas ornaments, smokers, mushrooms
Your Chocolate Guys – gourmet fudge and other chocolate treats
Vendors, click to visit our Vendor Information Page
Scenes from previous Christkindlmarkts
Germany is the Christmas Country!
Nothing means more to Germans than Christmas.
The Yuletide (even the name has German roots) is very special indeed in a land where family, faith and fantasy are so beloved. Many, if not most, of our own celebrations, including Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, gingerbread cookies, candy canes and many popular carols, come to us from Germany.
Christkindlmarkt is a most gentle festival, a time in which town centers are transformed into pre-Christmas marketplaces specializing in toys and goodies for children as well as traditional Yule decor.
The most famous Christkindlmarkt takes place in the ancient city of Nuremburg, beginning just before the first Sunday of Advent (four weeks before Christmas) and lasting through noon Christmas Eve.
Two million people visit Nuremburg's Christkindlmarkt every year, for not only does it feature the toys and decor of the season, but its food and drink as well. Grilled sausages, lebkuchen (honey-gingerbread), cookies and seasoned, warm red gluhwein are enjoyed as choirs sing the traditional carols and hymns near the famed Frauenkirche, Nuremburg's best-known church.
There is no time like Christmas for Germans to celebrate; there is no time like Christmas to celebrate Germany. Join us each year on the first Sunday of December as we open our Christkindlmarkt at the Reading Liederkranz.
