Just how German are "German Christmas Markets"?
Just how German are "German Christmas Markets"?
All the staff are bloody English! How am I meant to practice German if none of them bloody speak it?!
False advertising.
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Wenn Du Deutsch üben willst, dann lass uns anfangen...
I've never been to a "German Christmas Market" in the UK, but I'll be there in December, so if you can point me to one round NEL, I could check how much "German" is there.
I had a "German Bratwurst" in the UK once. The Bratwurst was OK, but the roll was a soft roll, which would be a no-go in Germany, I assume the "German Christmas Market" is similar, trying to copy, and getting it right up to a certain level.
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I complain loudly about this type of thing every time I go to Taco Bell.
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I used to deliver Chinese food, and people would always look at me and be like, "You're not Chinese!" Like it's going to make their food taste different or something.
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That is ridiculous and hilarious!
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You probably need to go to German Christmas Market in Germany. Though most of the staff will still speak English.
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Are these actually a German thing, or just one of those things that is attributed to Germany that doesn't happen there?
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They are a German thing that does happen in Germany in pretty much most inner cities. At least for the bigger ones.
Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire that included many eastern regions of France.[2] They became a popular Advent custom during the Reformation era.[1] Dresden's Striezelmarkt was first held in 1434 and one of the first true Christmas markets;[5] earlier markets of the season were "December markets".[5][6] Early mentions of these "December markets" can be found in Vienna (1298),[7] Munich (1310),[5] Bautzen (1384),[8] and Frankfurt (1393).[9]
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Thanks! That would be fun to go to one day.
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I went to one in Bonn but as it was so long ago that Bonn was still the capital of West Germany I don't remember it will enough to say how it compares to Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh etc. Also went to Cologne cathedral and there was some b*****d in a kilt standing outside playing the bagpipes
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What's a German Christmas Market?
Is that an England thing or just a long name for Christmas markets
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Manchester and Brum have them round Xmas time selling 'German' Bratwurst and beer for £8 with lots of German flags waving.
People were buying tiny pots of baked beans with curry powder in them for silly money.
If they plan to charge me a tenner for a sausage I demand to be served in bloody German!
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What’s a German Christmas Market
They're quite common in most of the big cities (I've been to the one in Manchester quite a bit, that's been running since the 80s) you get to drink gluhwein, eat schnitzel, but wooden toys and get a bit cold and underwhelmed in the process.
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Edinburgh has a regular Christmas Market. Not a German in sight.
Although I will admit it is superbly underwhelming.
Never seen the personally in Glasgow but I'm not there as often as Edinburgh
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You drink weird tasting warmed wine and eat stale pretzels. Creepy European Santa is present. Also, pop-up shops and I didn't know dried horse meat was a thing in Frankfort.
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They are very german where i live
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are they in germany perhaps?
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But you probably don't call them "German Christmas markets"...
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We do, just without the "German" but of course in German and as a compound word: Weihnachtsmarkt
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