Open to the public. Event is held rain, snow or shine.
Outdoor Kitchen will be serving delicious walk-around food.
Indoor sit-down Dining Room serving a special German Holiday menu.
Outside and inside bars serving special Holiday cocktails, beers, and drinks:
Beer List:
- Saucony Creek Cranberry Shandy (Shandy - 5.2% ABV)
- Two Roads Holiday Ale (Biere de Garde - 7.3% ABV)
- 1911 Sugar Plum Cider (Cider - 6.9%)
- Southern Tier Tiramisu (Imperial Double Stout - 10% ABV)
- Conshohocken 2 Hour Delay IPA (Hazy Winter IPA - 5.4% ABV)
- Ithaca Fugly Sweater Dark Lager (Dark Lager - 5.7% ABV)
- Troegs Mad Elf (Belgian Strong Ale - 11% ABV)
- New Belgium Holiday Ale (Winter Warmer - 7.5% ABV)
Cocktails:
- Christmas Margarita (Cranberry Vodka, Margarita Mix, Cranberry Juice)
- Candy Cane White Russian (Candy Cane Vodka, Kahlua, Cream)
- Caramel Mule (Caramel Vodka, Ginger Ale, Club Soda, Lime Juice)
NEW THIS YEAR: Visit our Hot Chocolate Bar!
Enjoy a regular or spiked Hot Chocolate and top it with Mini Candy Canes or Marshmallows.
Kick your hot chocolate up a notch: choose from Faber’s Vanilla, Candy Cane, Caramel, or Chocolate vodkas.
2024 Christkindlmarkt Vendor List
In no particular order:
Little Germany – German gifts, nutcrackers, candy
Knitty Spin – hand-made knitted items and seasonal crafts
The Celtic Willow – books, tea and teapots, mugs, Celtic items
Iron Oak Creations – wrought iron home and yard goods
Environaire – Rainbow cleaning systems
Bewitched Candles – hand-poured soy wax candles
Pagoda Skyline – Pagoda-related memorabilia
Crafted From Faith – hand-crafted jewelry
VOID Soap – organic soaps and body butter
Your Chocolate Guys – artisan fudge and chocolate treats
Furniture Farm Woodworking – cutting boards, birdhouses, cheese boards
Kostival’s Arts – pysanky eggs, chalkware figures from antique candy molds
Slightly Ajar – gourmet food items, Holiday gifts
Becca Bee Designs – hand-made knit and crocheted items fabric ornaments
Smokey Blu’s – locally raised beef jerky
Mystic Cottage Candle Company – hand-made soy candles, wax melts and other candles
Dave Reimer Art – hand-painted artwork, custom-commissioned pet portraits
Gregor Muse – illuminated Moravian Stars
The Bar Cart – Pennsylvania small-batch liquors and cocktail fixings
Billy’s Homemade Candies – local hand-crafted chocolates and candies
Mel’s Crafty Creations – resin cutting boards and trays, décor and jewelry
Soldier Solutions – crafts and clothing that support US Veterans
Old City Kettle Corn - hand-crafted kettle corn and freeze-dried candy
Katie Trainer - local artist and painter, creator of new Liederkranz murals
Temple Greenhouse – Christmas and Holiday floral arrangements, German candy
Charles Moore Associates – German hats and pins, shirts and sweatshirts, and gifts
Que Sera Sera Shoppe – hand-made totes, pet gear, stuffed animals
Maltese Custom Creations – hand-made jewelry, jewelry boxes, and décor
TK Wood-Art – lathe-turned wood crafts, Christmas items
One-By-One Cat Rescue – craft coffee and pet-related items
The Name Origin – family origin and heraldry
Ernst Licht – German clothing, gifts, and ceramics
Buckwalter’s Deli and Smoke Haus – locally-raised charcuterie meats and beef jerky
Twisted Amethyst – hand-crafted copper and gemstone jewelry, crystals
Who’s Walking Who? – dog treats, collars, and sweatshirts
The Collective Textile – hand-crafted wooden items
Beyond Our Red Door – vintage sleds, upcycled jewelry boxes, ornaments
Green Mountain Energy – renewable energy for residential customers
Michael Feeney – vintage Christmas ornaments and decoration
Reading Liederkranz Ladies’ Auxiliary – German items
Reading Liederkranz Singers – home-made baked goods and Holiday treats
The Bar Cart – Pennsylvania small-batch liquors and cocktail fixings
Billy’s Candies – local hand-crafted chocolates and candies
Fenstermacher Glas Kunst – blown and fused glass ornaments and hand-crafted pottery
Paper Pie – children’s and young adult books and STEAM kits
The Soulshine Shop – homemade apothecary, incense, and jewelry
JT’s Creations – candles, soaps, gift baskets and hand-crafted wood items
My Heart Beads for You - handmade jewelry and scarves
Vendors, click to visit our Vendor Information Page
Scenes from the 2022 Christkindlmarkt
Germany is the Christmas Country!
Nothing means more to Germans than Christmas.
The Yuletide (even the name has German roots) is very special indeed in a land where family, faith and fantasy are so beloved. Many, if not most, of our own celebrations, including Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, gingerbread cookies, candy canes and many popular carols, come to us from Germany.
Christkindlmarkt is a most gentle festival, a time in which town centers are transformed into pre-Christmas marketplaces specializing in toys and goodies for children as well as traditional Yule decor.
The most famous Christkindlmarkt takes place in the ancient city of Nuremburg, beginning just before the first Sunday of Advent (four weeks before Christmas) and lasting through noon Christmas Eve.
Two million people visit Nuremburg's Christkindlmarkt every year, for not only does it feature the toys and decor of the season, but its food and drink as well. Grilled sausages, lebkuchen (honey-gingerbread), cookies and seasoned, warm red gluhwein are enjoyed as choirs sing the traditional carols and hymns near the famed Frauenkirche, Nuremburg's best-known church.
There is no time like Christmas for Germans to celebrate; there is no time like Christmas to celebrate Germany. Join us each year on the first Sunday of December as we open our Christkindlmarkt at the Reading Liederkranz.
