Yesterday we went to see the Christmas market at the Hauptbahnhof (main station) in Zurich. There were some nice stalls but the most impressive was the Christmas tree. It's really really big and decorated with Swarovski crystals and more Swarovski figures around the base. Beautiful and sparkly!
Some of the stalls selling colourful toys and Christmas decorations carved from wood.
It was freezing cold in the city with a little bit of wind blowing the icy cold off the snowy mountains. Andre took most of the pictures because I was too cold to take my gloves off!
We walked around a little bit after finishing the Christmas shopping but didn't last long in the cold and decided to go for cocktails and dinner to warm up inside a restaurant. Before leaving the cold streets we saw Samichlaus (or St. Nikolas) and his helper Smutzli handing out treats.
On the 6th of December Samichlaus brought treats like candy and cookies to the kids who have been good. But the naughty kids get carried away to the forest by Smutzli. He wears dark clothes and carries a broom of twigs to punish the children. Scary!!! Click here for more interesting info about this tradition and its origins.
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