Event Information

Welcome to the 
20th Annual Christkindl Market
Second weekend in December
Dec. 11th-13th, 2008
Thursday
(4:30-9 pm), Friday (10-9 pm), Saturday (10-9 pm)   
    
                

See the Princely Partridge
parading down the street

This year's theme
The
12 Days
of Christmas

   
       

On the first Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a Partridge in a Pear tree
Community of Holiday Spirit
Visit a festive village overflowing with holiday and community spirit. Join Mifflinburg in this celebration!
  

Mifflinburg's version of an authentic Christmas Market, inspired by the 700-year-old traditional German Christkindl Markt, or Christ Child Market, is a festive event prepared by various churches, organizations, schools, and residents.  For three days, Mifflinburg's Market Street, with its many churches, is lined with festive outdoor huts featuring unique handmade crafts and traditional Christkindl treats.

The air is filled with the enticing aroma of roasted almonds, hot chocolate, Hungarian goulash, sweet sausages, gourmet coffees, and hot spiced wine.   Sample the delicious Christmas cookies, desserts, and the traditional German Lebkuchen (spiced cookies) hearts.  Catch the spirit of the season as glorious holiday music is performed on outdoor stages and in our churches.  It is truly a good time for the entire family.  

 

2008 Collectors' Pewter Ornament
The 12 Days of Christmas

$ 10.00
Purchase at the
Mifflinburg Heritage and
Revitalization Association
Information booth
during the Market
or at the MHRA office 
300 Chestnut Street
Mifflinburg
570-966-1666
Tue. 9-12 or Thur. 1-5

 


Stroll through the market entrance guarded by traditional nutcrackers, and shop at the over 80 huts filled with 
Christkindl treats 
and unique handmade crafts.
 

        Christkindl Shuttle    

Convenient parking and a shuttle bus available
Thursday 4:30-9:30 
Friday 10-9:30
Saturday 10-9:30
for a shuttle to the Market
Located - east end of town
look for sign 


ROUND TRIPS APPROX. EVERY 15  MINUTES
Location designated by a flashing light

 

Please leave your pets at home
 for safety and insurance purposes
(with the exception of service animals).

 

Visit these Christkindl highlights:  

 

Mifflinburg's Tinsel Angel
 

Have a photo taken with
the Markets figurines:


Mifflinburg's larger-than-life
    Tinsel Angel,
   
glittering like gold
    (a 17th century legend)

 
the 5 foot Pruneman

 
children's holiday-friends
    peek-through board

 
life-size wooden nutcracker

  the 8 foot Erzgebirge Miner
    and Angel wife

 

Breakfast with the Elves
To Be Announced
Details available later

Elf School
In the Market

Attend Elf School
Solve puzzles, meet Mrs. Claus
receive a diploma

 


Be amazed at the 
8-foot tall
glowing
musical 
Christmas Tree

moving down the streets


         
 

 

 Jens Ihle
 Mastercarver



Special Demonstration
Wooden chip tree 
mastercarver  from Germany

 

 

Chip Trees from the
Master Tree Carver
Limited supply

Get your carved trees
while they last!!

 

 

Shippensburg Blaskapelle
plays traditional German music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open Spring Wagon Buggy Rides
on Friday and Saturday

This Buggy Ride will stop at the
Buggy Museum
so visitors can easily access
and enjoy
the display and video about the
12 Days of Christmas


The 15-foot 
German Christmas Pyramid, 
symbol of the Market

 

 

St. Nicholas:  see him as he parades through the market in regal style.  

Collect the authentic prune figures, a tradition that dates back to the 14th century.  

 

See the live, outdoor nativity scene, 
surrounded by a village of churches.

 

Look for the Kurrende singers, 
dressed in their black robes, and 
be delighted with their festive melodies.


 

At the Christkindl Market
Back by popular demand

Hilby The Skinny German Juggle Boy
will amaze you with his juggling, cycling,
and mime. You will laugh while he entertains,
and see the smiles all around!!
Friday and Saturday


 

 

  Visit the
"12 Days of Christmas" 
display 
see the Partridge and his friends

at the

Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
Educational Center,
(during the hours
of the Christkindl Market )

Bring your children to visit the 
Gingerbread House 
and its Gingerbread family
The Gingerbread family will be busy preparing 
for the holiday season as the children decorate 
their Christmas tree and 
Mother Gingerbread 
makes gingerbread cookies. 

 

Stroll next door to the 
Peek-A-Boo Doll House. 
There you will find the Dolls 
and Teddy Bears having a tea party 
around the Christmas tree 
as they hang their stockings 
and listen to their favorite Christmas songs.

   

Sing along to original German music
with Al Meixner,
“The Musical Chameleon.”

The Al Meixner Musical Trio is a musical experience of German, Austrian, Slovenian Christmas music, along with many other musical cultural traditions. An incredible show with a band of three who have a huge, authentic, ethnic repertoire of songs and music. They sing and play Bohemian, Danube and Swiss polkas, and traditional waltzes from Vienna, Slovakia and Germany. Skilled on the accordion and other instruments, this 3-man show combines international folk music, rock, pop and jazz, sharing their passion for music with the audience. A no-miss must at the
Mifflinburg Christkindl Market.

   
Enjoy the holiday sounds of 
outdoor concerts, choirs,
warm up at intermittent music concerts 
and events inside our churches.
 
Hear  closing music
with the procession of
the MASD HS Renaissance Bande 
and Winter Posaunen (trombones) 
at 8:30 Saturday evening 


 


Firliputzli Story House 
Where children can enjoy
the story of the little impish German Angel.
The story tells how she sings her way out of
all difficult situations.
Purchase your very own Firliputzli Doll

                  

  Christmas Raffle
First Place prize:

2 Roundtrip Airline tickets
(through the Travel Depot) 
to Germany

Raffle tickets sold 
at the Information booth
and at the Travel Depot booth

 

Schedule of Events    

Please click below for: The Schedule of Events when available

please Click here go to that page

Click here to see a list of accommodations 
near the Christkindl Market
and a map to locate Mifflinburg

Handicapped parking available-behind Lutheran Church
(at alley north of church-4th and Market St.)


Christkindl information is
also available throughout the year
via our toll free
CHRISTKINDL HOTLINE

877-225-0737


Bring your holiday greeting cards!  
Make your holiday greeting unique. 
Have a special Christkindl cancellation stamp 
placed on your holiday greeting cards 
at the Mifflinburg Post Office booth at the Market. 

This special pictorial cancellation stamp, designed each year by artist Deborah Johnson, 
is an Austrian Christmas tradition. It sends an extra special message with your holiday greetings. 

The Christkindl Market Cancellation Stamp will change every year...so start your collection now!

2008 -The 12 Days of Christmas Cancellation Stamp

Christkindl Market sponsored by:
 
Mifflinburg Heritage and Revitalization Association

300 Chestnut Street
Mifflinburg, PA 17844
570-966-1666
 
mailto:mhra@dejazzd.com

Food
Kim Blyler
food@mifflinburgchristkindlmarket.com

Craft
Daphine Fritz
crafts@mifflinburgchristkindlmarket.com

If you are a vendor 
and wish information for the Christkindl Market
email the appropriate address to the left 
for requesting an application

Applications are due back June 1st 
and open spaces may or may not be available after that date
please request application at any time
your name can be put on the 
list for the following year

PENNSYLVANIA
memories last a lifetime

This advertising was made possible in part through
 the Union County Commissioners Tourism Fund,
and the Mifflinburg Bank and Trust Company

 


For overnight accommodations in the Susquehanna River Valley,
please call 1-800-525-7320 or go to
VisitCentralPA
.org
 

 

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