Like a German child’s fantasy, Nurnberg’s fairy-godmother-like teenage angel stretched out her arms and said, “If you’re very, very gentle…you can touch my wings.” I stayed seated while little Bavarian preschoolers delicately mobbed the stage to touch their Christkind.
Bavaria and Tirol—two traditional regions of Germany and Austria—are rich in Christmas traditions. While most travelers visit for the Christmas markets, that’s just the start of the holiday charm here. Germany’s grandest Christmas market, in Nurnberg, comes complete with an angelic Christkind dressed in gold, and played by a real-life teenage girl.
