Christmas cheer: Beautifully decorated markets open ahead of festive season

Europe's Christmas markets, replete with festive decor, food and mulled wine, open with strict covid-19 protocols.

Updated on: Nov 29, 2021 12:30 PM IST

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A stall tenant serves mulled wine on the opening day of the traditional Christmas market in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Frederick Florin/ AFP)

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A dispenser of hand sanitizer is pictured at the entrance of a stand selling mulled wine (Gluehwein) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP)

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Vin chaud is French for mulled wine. A stall owner serves vin chaud on the opening day of the traditional Christmas market in Strasbourg, eastern France, on November 26, 2021. (Frederick Florin/ AFP)

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A closed mulled wine stall is pictured during the set-up at the Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market in Dresden, eastern Germany. The Striezelmarkt in Dresden, the oldest Christmas market in Germany which draws around three million visitors annually, was cancelled this year due to the pandemic.  (Jens Schlueter/ AFP)

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The lettering on a board in the window of a bar reads 'Happiness and contemplativeness are out of stock, but we have mulled wine - red or white' in Salzburg, Austria,  (Barbara Gindl/ APA / AFP/ Austria OUT)