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'Show Me Milwaukee' Spotlight: Christkindlmarkt comes to West Allis

The European-style holiday market opens this weekend.

'Show Me Milwaukee' Spotlight: Christkindlmarkt comes to West Allis

The European-style holiday market opens this weekend.

YES, WE ARE. WE ARE OUT HERE EARLY AT THE CHRISTKINDL MARKET. BUT, YOU KNOW, I’M IN FULL. I’M IN FULL MODE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. YOU SEE ME? WE ARE HERE AND I HAVE ANDREA HERE WITH ME. SHE’S ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CHRISTKINDL MARKET. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MORNING? COLD, BUT GOOD. BLAME LINDSAY. NOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE? THIS IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, RIGHT? FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. IT’S THE SIXTH ANNUAL. CHRIS KENDALL MARKET AT THE WEST. ALLIS FARMERS MARKET. FRIDAY, IT’S 4 TO 9. AND THEN SATURDAY NOON TO FOUR. AND WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT HERE? BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY IT’S OVERLOAD WHAT YOU SAY. 50 VENDORS HERE, ABOUT 64 VENDORS THIS YEAR WE’RE GOING TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS. THERE’S ALL KINDS OF BAKED GOODS, THINGS YOU CAN TAKE HOME, THINGS YOU CAN EAT AS YOU’RE WALKING AROUND, GIVE US GIFTS. AND THEN THERE’S ALSO HOLIDAY THEMED ITEMS. WE’VE GOT POTTERY. WE WE’VE GOT ORNAMENTS, ANYTHING YOU CAN KIND OF THINK OF AS A GIFT. WE HAVE NOW. YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S ALWAYS A BIG WAITING LIST TO GET TO BE A VENDOR HERE? YES. WE SEND OUT THE APPLICATION IN APRIL AND BY MAY WE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN OR NOT. AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER. OH, MAN, I CAN’T BELIEVE. AND LIKE HOPEFULLY IT’S NOT THIS COLD, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE VENDORS THAT HAVE GET YOU SOME PILLOWS, GET SOME HATS, GET SOME SWEATERS, LOTS OF THINGS TO KEEP YOU WARM. IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING AND THEN ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THE OTHER VENDORS HERE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY BE INTERESTING, IS KAREN OVENSHIRE. HEY, HOW ARE WE DOING? KAREN? GOOD. A LITTLE COLD, BUT IT’S GOOD NOW. NOW, WHAT IS IT? LOOKS LIKE REGULAR ORNAMENTS. BUT TELL US ABOUT YOUR ORNAMENTS. THEY’RE ALL MADE OF EGGSHELLS. WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT? THEY’RE ALL EGGSHELLS. THIS IS ALL A JUMBO EGG. AND YOU CUT THEM. YOU CAN CUT THEM WITH A CUTICLE SCISSORS JUST LIKE A PIECE OF PAPER. AND THEN I WASH IT AND PUT PAINT THE OUTSIDE, PUT THE GLITTER IN, USE PLUMBING, CAULK FOR THE SNOW, AND THEN ADD A LITTLE MINIATURE ORNAMENT ON THE INSIDE. THIS IS AMAZING. WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? WOW. AND LOOK, SHE HAS IT IN EGG CARTONS. OH, DON’T LET ME BREAK IT. THAT IS VERY NICE. WELL, WE ARE HERE. WEST ALLIS, THE CHRIS KENDALL MARKET IS.
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'Show Me Milwaukee' Spotlight: Christkindlmarkt comes to West Allis

The European-style holiday market opens this weekend.

The West Allis Farmers Market is transforming into the Christkindlmarkt this weekend.The European-style holiday market is happening Friday and Saturday near 66th Street and National Avenue. The event will have live music, local food trucks and breweries, as well as over 50 craft vendors from Wisconsin.You can check out the Christkindlmarkt on Friday from 4 until 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 12 until 4 p.m.Watch our "Show Me Milwaukee" Spotlight every Wednesday on 12 News This Morning at 6 a.m.Don't forget, you can stream season one of "Show Me Milwaukee" on the free Very Local App.

The West Allis Farmers Market is transforming into the Christkindlmarkt this weekend.

The European-style holiday market is happening Friday and Saturday near 66th Street and National Avenue.

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The event will have live music, local food trucks and breweries, as well as over 50 craft vendors from Wisconsin.

You can check out the Christkindlmarkt on Friday from 4 until 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 12 until 4 p.m.

Watch our "Show Me Milwaukee" Spotlight every Wednesday on 12 News This Morning at 6 a.m.

Don't forget, you can stream season one of "Show Me Milwaukee" on the free Very Local App.