Prague News

One of the many things I love about our neighborhood is the local Christmas market. One of a handful of markets in Prague that opens up at the beginning of the Christmas season, Namesti Miru's fair ranks as my favorite not only for its right around the corner handiness, but because it sells Christmas doodahs designed not just for tourists, but locals too! We walk by many times during December for ornaments, stocking stuffers and mulled wine and we're sure to be there on St. Nicolas Eve, helping Caroline brave the angel/devil/Nicolas trios as they ask their yearly "have you been goods".

{1} Christmas tree, and stands open for business, {2} a master trdelnik maker prepares to hand over his treat, {3} but first one more roll through the cinnamon! {4} A Nutcracker and Frosty hang beside a most beguiling donkey and merry-go-round at the ornament stand.

trdelnik = a sweet pastry baked around a hot metal pole, finished with sugar, cinnamon, hazelnuts and sometimes cocoa.