Dinklsbuhl was the first Christmas market that Mom and I hit. Although small, Dinklsbuhl has several claims to fame. Besides being cute, having a really well-preserved medieval wall, and serving me and Mom mulled wine, it is also the city where the Christmas carol O Come Little Children was written.
At the start of Advent, the little kids in Dinklsbuhl gather outside the church with paper laterns. They sing O Come Little Children and then parade to the Christmas market with their laterns, following Santa (St. Nikolaus) and two of his elves (riding on ponies-cool!). When they get to the market, the mayor of the town makes a speech, Santa makes a speech, and then the kids get to turn in "good behavior slips" that they get in school in exchange for a treat from Santa.
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