German holiday marketplace at RiverEdge Park opened to a warm reception Friday, despite the frigid temperatures.
Heather Davis of Utica shops for Christmas items at the Christkindlmarket in Aurora on Friday.And why not? What better way to get into the holiday spirit than with a mug of warm red gluhwein, which was my first, and I’m told “extremely important” taste of Christkindlmarket that opened on a brutally frigid Friday at RiverEdge Park in Aurora.
The shops and their products are as varied as they are unique. Two of my favorites - a stocking hat that can be transformed into at least a dozen variations and an exquisite hand-carved Jerusalem olive wood nativity scene.At least that’s what Jim Jarvis, vice president of programming and sales for RiverEdge Park, proclaims.
Doris Schramer of Plainfield sips some warm spiced gluhwein while visiting the Christkindlmarket at Aurora's RiverEdge Park on Friday. “If we could have, there would be mugs stacked in the bathrooms,” Jarvis quipped, adding that more shipments will be coming every Wednesday.
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