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Some of the vendors of 2023:

Vendor Selling
Aulenbach Wines Wine
Beaded Breakdown handmade jewelry and tote bags
Becca Bee Designs Fabric ornaments, hand-crafter Christmas stuff, hand-knitted hats, mittens, etc.
Bewitched Candles Hand-poured soy candles
Beyond Our Red Door Light-up sleds, ornaments, wreaths, upcycled jewelry, décor
Brenda's Candies Homemade candies, choc covered pretzels, nut clusters, raisin clusters, peanut butter, coconut creme
Charles Moore Associates German ceramics, German shirts, lederhosen, cuckoo clocks, hats and pins, etc.
Crafted From Faith Handmade polymer jewelry, including beer- and hops-related items
David Reimer Art
Elders Cut Meadery Mead
Environaire Corp. Rainbow brand cleaning systems
Fredericks Flowers Moravian stars, bayberry candles, soy candles
Furniture Farm Antiques Quality cutting boards, birdhouses
Green Kamikozees Pickles and pickled products
Holly Harvest farm Live Holly, Holly Wreaths, Kids craft "make it, take it"
Iron Oak Creations Blacksmith, handcrafted iron items,fireplace and firepit tools, plant hangers
Knitty Spin Hand-knitted items, crafted items
Kostival’s Arts Pysanky (Ukrainian painted eggs), Pysanky jewelry, old World Santas
Little Germany Nutcrackers, smokers, ornaments, German stuff
MAEHOC, LLC Timbo’s licorice
Maltese Custom Creations Custom jewelry, cutting boards, etc.
Olde City Freeze Dried Candy freeze dried candy
Pagoda Skyline Pagoda-related souvenirs, gift shop items
Paintings by Rachelle
Paper Pie/Reading with Amy Young adult and children's books and stem kits
Que Sera Sera Handmade items such as tote bags, jewelry bags, earrings, dog bandanas, stuffed animals.
Reading Liederkranz Ladies’ Auxiliary
Reading Liederkranz Singers
Reading Liederkranz Wine Bar
Readinger's Remedies All natural health, herbal and household products.
Rebel Hive Meadery Mead
Saint Obnoxious Tee Shirts Saint Obnoxious tee-shirts, caps, mugs, drinking shirts
Scentsy Scentsy products – candles, oils, bars, warmers, etc.
Slightly Ajar Gourmet food gifts, dips, drink mixes, glass ornaments
Smoky Blue Locally made beef jerky
Sunshine Signs Wooden handpainted stud and dangle earrings and pendant necklaces. Wooden handpainted ornaments many of which are hex sign designs and other holiday home decor
Sweet Cakes Cookies and candy
Tara’s Designs Christmas planters, wreaths, décor, etc.
Temple Greenhouse Christmas planters and related items
The Bake Shop at Skyline Orchard Bakery, food items, nostalgic items, holiday items
The Bar Cart PA produced spirits, butters and mixers, cocktail kits
The Celtic Willow Celtic ornaments, used books, tea, mugs
The Collective Textile Assorted Christmas items – wood, acrylic, and leather, and 3-D printed
Twisted Amethyst Polished crystals, minerals, and gifts
Void Soap Organic soaps and body butter
Who’s Walking Who Assorted dog stuff, including Christmas-related, dog treats
Wire You Waiting Hand-woven wire jewelry, using an 8th century Viking technique
Your Chocolate Guys Gourmet fudge and other chocolate treats
 

Scenes from the 2022 Christkindlmarkt

Christkindlmarkt is an all-weather event, and the above fees are non-refundable.

Please plan to bring your own tables. We have a limited number that may be available after we meet club needs. We will provide two folding chairs per vendor.

Setup is no earlier than 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

Teardown MUST be complete by 8:00 p.m., Sunday.

The Reading Liederkranz reserves the right to decline or limit vendors based on non-traditional Christkindlmarkt items for sale or incompatibility with the mission of the Reading Liederkranz. If your application is declined, your registration fee will be refunded.

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.