{"id":115214,"date":"2022-12-16T22:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115214"},"modified":"2022-12-16T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T03:30:16","slug":"christkindlmarkt-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115214","title":{"rendered":"Christkindlmarkt  2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by: Kimberly Kanuck<br \/>\nArticle by: Joe Scrizzi<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s many things to look\u00a0forward to every month. 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This year it started Nov. 18th and ran every Friday through Sunday up to Dec. 18th.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This year was extra Special as it marked the 30th Anniversary of the start of Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem PA!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">WOW&#8230;&#8230;30 Years that ArtsQuest has been bringing Artisans from around the World to the Lehigh Valley!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I make it a point to go at least 3\u00a0times a season, as I need to take it all in + there&#8217;s so much to see, hear, taste &amp; do! Each time I go, I tend to see people that I haven&#8217;t seen in\u00a0a long time and reconnect. Being there definitely puts a person in the Christmas Spirits!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">About 10 years\u00a0ago I took my mom over, as she wanted a new pair of earrings. We scoured all the jewelry stands until her eyes settled on a unique design that neither of us have ever seen. She bought a pair and I bought a 2nd pair the following weekend to wrap up for her for Christmas present. She was excited, to say the least. This weekend closes the 2022 market on Sunday Dec. 18th and I&#8217;ll be there to absorb as much as I can!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Did you know what Christkindl is?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A Christmas decoration in the shape of infant Jesus and can be found at a Christmas Market.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos by: Kimberly Kanuck Article by: Joe Scrizzi There&#8217;s many things to look\u00a0forward to every month. As cooler weather sets in, my sights set on Winter, Snow and Christmas! 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