Snapshot: Christkindlmarkt, outdoor ice rink now open
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Christkindlmarkt officials gather as Mayor Jim Brainard cuts the ribbon to celebrate the holiday market’s opening.
The ceremony kicked off with music performed on alphorns.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard plays the alphorn.
Chris Lewis, executive director of the Great American Songbook Foundation, emceed the ceremony.
From left, Chris Lewis, executive director of the Great American Songbook Foundation, welcomes Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard to the podium.
Mayor Jim Brainard speaks to the crowd as the market’s official Christkind, left, and Market Master Maria Murphy listen.
Dr. Andreas Goetze, deputy consul general from the German Consulate in Chicago, speaks about the authenticity of Carmel’s Christkindlmarkt as Mayor Jim Brainard stands by.
HeartReach Carmel founder Pierre Twer and Current Publishing Vice President and General Manager Steve Greenberg present an AED to Mayor Jim Brainard to be kept at the Christkindlmarkt.
Market Master Maria Murphy addresses the crowd.
Christkindlmarkt officials gather as Mayor Jim Brainard cuts the ribbon to celebrate the holiday market’s opening.
Herr Christian Werner, a woodworker who traveled from Seiffen, Germany, for the opening of the 2017 Christkindlmarkt, shows Yaya Wang of Carmel how to use a tool. The woodworkers will be based in the Kinderecke hut this year. (File photo)
Herr Christian Werner, a woodworker who traveled from Seiffen, Germany, for the opening of the Christkindlmarkt, shows Yaya Wang and Chi Wang of Carmel how to use one of his tools.
The City of Carmel celebrated the grand opening of the Christkindlmarkt and The Ice at Center Green Nov. 18 with presentations, special music and ribbon cuttings. The wind and rain moved the festivities into The Palladium lobby and ended up closing the market early on its first day. Regular hours for the market are 1 to 9 p.m. Sundays, 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 1 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 24. The ice rink will remain open until March. (Photos by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
