Wayne Wietbrock, a retired farmer from Lowell, Indiana, shops for Christmas ornaments at Christkindlmarket Chicago.
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Wayne Wietbrock, a retired farmer from Lowell, Indiana, shops for Christmas ornaments at Christkindlmarket Chicago.
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Revelers clink commemorative mugs at Chicago's Christmas market.
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Revelers clink commemorative mugs at Chicago's Christmas market.
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Vancouver Christmas Market lights up downtown for more than a month.
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Vancouver Christmas Market lights up downtown for more than a month.
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Andriy Shaptala waits on customers at one of his booths at the Denver Christkindl Market downtown.
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Andriy Shaptala waits on customers at one of his booths at the Denver Christkindl Market downtown.
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Baltimore has its own Christmas Village on the city's Inner Harbor.
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Baltimore has its own Christmas Village on the city's Inner Harbor.
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The Toronto Christmas Market incorporates the ambiance of the Distillery Historic District, a pedestrian-only village of restored Victorian brick buildings.
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The Toronto Christmas Market incorporates the ambiance of the Distillery Historic District, a pedestrian-only village of restored Victorian brick buildings.
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The Osthoff Lake Resort hosts an Old World Christmas Market in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
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The Osthoff Lake Resort hosts an Old World Christmas Market in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
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With a population of less than 4,000, the central Pennsylvania town of Mifflinburg is one of the smallest to mount its own authentic Christmas market.
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With a population of less than 4,000, the central Pennsylvania town of Mifflinburg is one of the smallest to mount its own authentic Christmas market.
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Tomball's big neighbor is Houston, but its sister city is the town of Telgte in northwest Germany. In December, that familial relationship is front and center in this Texas town.
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Tomball's big neighbor is Houston, but its sister city is the town of Telgte in northwest Germany. In December, that familial relationship is front and center in this Texas town.
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The town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has made good on its biblical name by designating itself "The Christmas City."
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The town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has made good on its biblical name by designating itself "The Christmas City."
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