Community Corner
Sixth Annual Lovettsville Christkindlmarkt
The Loudoun Valley German Society is sponsoring the sixth
annual Christkindlmarkt--a traditional European Christmas market--on December 7th
and 6th at the Lovettsville Game
Protective Association located at 16 South Berlin Turnpike in Lovettsville. The
hours of the market are on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday from
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. It will feature five live musical entertainment acts that
will be playing traditional German, Austrian, Celtic, and Appalachian holiday
music; warm typical market foods such as bratwurst, currywurst, Alsatian
sauerkraut, Kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes), Wienerschnitzel, artisan sweets, Glühwein
(mulled wine), local microbrews; over 20 local artists, crafters, and vendors;
and there will be free children’s face and hair painting and German Christmas
storytelling by the Harmony Middle School German Language students as well as
two German puppet theatre presentations.