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Bringing a taste of German Christmas to New Orleans

Bringing a taste of German Christmas to New Orleans
TIME NOW, 923 ON THIS SUNDAY. THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE AND NOW’S THE TIME TO GET A JUMP ON ALL OF THAT GREAT HOLIDAY SHOPPING. IF YOU HAVEN’T GOT IT ALL DONE THE PAST FEW DAYS. HERE ARE THIS MORNING TO TELL US ABOUT AN UPCOMING CHRISTMAS MARKET BRINGING. THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND PRODUCTS OF GERMANY, SOME INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR TO THE BIG EASY, MR. BRIAN HUBER AND SAY BEING CHAD VAUGHN. GOOD MORNING, Y’ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH JOINING US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. GREAT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON. BUT THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS SPECIFICALLY, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS YEAR? WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THIS KIND OF WE RECREATE WHAT I GREW UP WITH SOME MEMORY OF MINE WHICH IS THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET. I MEAN WE BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE IS OVER WHAT MAKES THEM SO UNIQUE IS THE SOUNDS THE SIGHTS AND THE SAYING THAT’S THE SENSE THE SOUNDS WE HAVE COVERED WITH THE ONGOING WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THE SIGHTS IS GOING TO BE THE THE LIGHTS THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS. OF COURSE, ALL THE VENDOR ARE GOING TO BE LIT UP. WE HAVE 70 DIFFERENT VENDORS AND WHO SELL EVERYTHING FROM YOUR SKIN CARE PRODUCTS LIKE. YOU KNOW, THE HOMEMADE KIT, THE SKIN CARE FROM YOUR PET PRODUCT. WE GOT PAINTERS AND GLASS BLOWERS, WE GOT POTTERY JEWELERS, US, YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT AND THE DIFFERENCE IS WE WANT YOU TO BE THERE, MAKE A VENT OF IT. COME ON OUT. BRING YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS AND JUST HANG OUT AND. BASICALLY, YOU GO SHOPPING, YOU SHOP, EAT, DRINK, REPEAT, AND JUST JUST STAY THERE. SOUNDS LIKE A TIME. BRIAN, WALK US THROUGH MORE OF THE LOGISTICS WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS GET INVOLVED. SO IT’S THIS COMING WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE OPEN AT 4:00 ON FRIDAY AND WE GO FROM 4 TO 8. FRIDAY, 11 TILL EIGHT SATURDAY. AND TILL FOUR ON SUNDAY. AND AS SABINE MENTIONED, WE’LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC EVERYWHERE FROM BRASS TO PRAISE BANDS. WE HAVE PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT CHOIRS. WE HAVE A HANDBELL CHOIR, LOTS OF MUSIC AND GREAT FOOD TO, OF COURSE. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A GERMAN EVENT. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE NUREMBERG OR SAUSAGE AND PRETZELS AND BLUE VINE. VERY GOOD. AND SO MUCH GREAT GERMAN INSPIRED CULTURE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS AS WELL. SUCH AN INTERNATIONAL CITY REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING HERE IN THE AREA, SAVING HOW HAVE YOU ENJOYED THAT? JUST THE GERMAN INFLUENCE AS WELL. IT’S IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GERMAN DESCENDANTS OR JUST HAVE INTEREST IN GERMANY WHO’VE BEEN THERE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE TO THE THEY ARE DOING CHRISTMAS AND SOME OF THE MARKETS THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY OH MY GOD, I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE ALL DOING THIS BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET IT TO A GERMAN CHRISTMAS MINUS THE SNOW, PROBABLY YOU KNOW. WELL, THE TEMPERATURE AROUND HERE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE ALL ROLLER COASTER THIS WEEK AND BRIAN, AS WE WRAP UP, JUST REMIND US ABOUT THE VENUE AND WHAT ELSE PEOPLE CAN EXPECT AS THEY HEAD MAKE THEIR WAY THERE. OKAY. SO WE’RE ON THE ON THE SHORES OF BY U.S., JOHN, RIGHT ACROSS FROM CITY PARK AND PARK, WE HAVE SOME PARKING AVAILABLE ON SITE. OTHERWISE, PARKING AS YOU NORMALLY DO IN THE MID CITY AREA FOR EVENTS AND THE DEUTSCHES HOUSE IS OPEN YEAR ROUND PEOPLE. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE PLENTY OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. ABSOLUTELY HEY, BIG MATCH FOR GERMANY TODAY IN THE WORLD CUP TOO. SO WE WILL WIN THIS AFTERNOON. WE KNEW WE NEED ALL ROUND THIS AFTERNOON. TEAM USA IS GOING TO WIN ON TUESDAY. HARD TO GET IT DONE TOGETHER. BUT HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MARKET. MORE OF THE TIMES AND THE ADDRESS RIGHT THERE. YOUR SCREEN IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT. I’M HOPING FOR THE BEST WITH THE FORECAST AS WELL. LET’
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Bringing a taste of German Christmas to New Orleans
A taste of German Christmas is coming to New Orleans! Deutsches Haus is hosting Christkindlmarkt on the first weekend of December to bring a part of German Christmas markets to New Orleans. The event will be from Dec. 2-4 at 1700 Moss Street. It will be on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

A taste of German Christmas is coming to New Orleans!

Deutsches Haus is hosting Christkindlmarkt on the first weekend of December to bring a part of German Christmas markets to New Orleans.

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The event will be from Dec. 2-4 at 1700 Moss Street. It will be on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.