Christmas music is playing in the background. Christmas decor is on every inch of the markt. There are more food and beverage vendors than “artisan” vendors. In Europe, the christkindlmarkt’s are magical. It’s definitely not a christkindlmarkt you’d find in Europe. I’m disappointed to say, it brought down our Christmas spirit. Unfortunately, due to covid we couldn’t make it to Europe, so we were excited to check out the christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem. One of the many things we enjoy about Europe during this time is the level of Christmas spirit they bring, especially in the amount of christkindlmarkts. My husband and I have been to many christkindlmarkt’s in Europe.