Christmas in September

When I did my research for our Christmas market trip, Rothenburg was high on the list, for all the reasons we came here in September. They don't have a huge or particularly spectacular Christmas market, but the setting, apparently makes it. Not to mention, this is where the flagship Käthe Wohlfahrt store is. I don't know how big the brand is in the US, but if you live near a city with a decent sized Christmas market, they have stand/tent in it. In Philadelphia, the line to get into the KW tent is often out the door and wrapped around into the main part of the market.

People flock from all over to come to this store here in Rothenburg, which is like Christmas all year round. They also have a Christmas museum, but we weren't paying five euros plus a person to see some old decorations. Yeah, we're weirdly cheap sometimes. I just wanted to see the store, take some pictures, and we did.

I've read it gets wicked crowded, but it was practically empty when we arrived. Probably because it was early, and tour busses don't start rolling in until closer to lunch. They had a lot of nice things here, including giant Erzgebirge pyramids for hundreds of Euros. There was a cute display of the town, with little stuffed animals all moving around and being super cute. I was like an anime girl with big heart eyes looking at that thing. (See shortened video below-- SUPER CUTE!)

We didn't buy anything, though I looked for a small wooden pyramid. Maybe someday we'll come back for Christmas markets and go to the Erzgebirge in southern Saxony and buy direct from the carvers. Who knows?Read more