European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Nearby the is and can led Orange and Lemon Peel poking Plum ply out of the Brown begging passersby to taste and the narrow lanes Are bordered with neat open air some of their Long shelves crammed with Zwetsch Hgan figures of men and women cleverly fashioned of figs and All garbed in Bright the prune people arc also unique to Quern so arc the Row on Row of glittering Angels with Dainty Wax or wooden faces and big Gold or Silver their Robes of Gold and Silver or an elegant brocade catch and reflect the lantern which glistens in the eyes of the hundreds of children standing on tiptoe at the Gaz ing at the wares of this Holiday for the renowned  is a childrens and seas of warmly dressed tots Bob through the their hands held tightly by their it is children who open the Market each year on when one Young designated the Christ appears on the Balcony of the Frauen Kircho to he accompaniment of trom Bones and All during the Market it lasts until 23 this there Are nightly appearances of childrens choirs or trumpeters to Send Christmas melodies out Over the also to Light up Small eyes Are the Banks of sparkling round and others in the shape of Birds and Bells and horns and there Are the Booths filled with jumbled boxes of Shoop and Anil neat rows of Wise the Virgin and the Habe in the and right in the Middle of the festive Market place is the big where mothers Bend Over heir youngsters to explain what Christmas is All there Are the toy stands to draw out the oils and displaying exquisite Dollhouse furniture with prices to set Mother and dad Cluck clucking a Hare go her years photos by Merle Hunter dolls of every rocking horses and Here and the 20th Century intrudes with whirling mechanical and at the Christmas music Booth Ved Boom Slop Slop by Mike Rogers and his machine guns is for Sale among the Sll Llo nacht theres Cotton Candy that clings to noses and and an Oriental Candy stand where Sticky things of Honey and Coconut can be Chubby women work behind the Trilla Selling two tasty Nuernberger Wuerstel Nuernberg own miniature bratwurst on s its h childrens world All and adults travelling through it May weary b bit of the tugging and chatter of their but the Market has something special for them grog and mulled wine that quickens the heart and gives the strength to walk through every crowded 1964 Manger scene it Centrepiece for the stars and St mks glitter and tinsel Page 11