Sarah shows us around Karlsruhe's "Christkindlesmarkt" Christmas Market, which has three areas. She stops at various stands to buy a gingerbread heart, a mulled wine, and some alcohol-free children's punch.

Sarah continues exploring the Christmas market in Karlsruhe. She visits the talking "fairy tale boxes," the ice skating rink, and a stand where they make crêpes with Nutella!

A shop in Munich offers some unusual and very Bavarian types of ice cream.
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A German Christmas is also about the food and the sweets! Eva shows us what she likes to eat for a traditional dinner on Christmas Eve as well as her favorite Christmas pastry...

Come and join Eva at the Christmas market on Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt! She samples some of the seasonal delicacies, as well as the ever-popular mulled wine.

Diane and her little helpers, Ivana, Sabine and Alina, get into the Christmas spirit and bake cookies...

Watch this second segment of Diane and her three little helpers baking Christmas cookies. Enjoy!

Wine is much more than an alcoholic beverage. For connoisseurs, wine can also be an investment, since some wines can become more valuable with time. The wines are in good hands in Germany's only Winebank! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

The German NGO Welthungerhilfe presents a campaign at a train station in Berlin to mark the 2011 global hunger index.

“Whesskey,” the Hessian whisky from the Höhler Distillery, is something very special. This small family business produces its highly-prized beverage only in small batches. Music fans note: the background tune is the “Alabama Song,” composed by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, and performed by the Doors. Zum Wohl!

Ever tasted a moist, zesty lemon cake? It's easier to make than you think! Alina shows you how in this video.