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The Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is an annual outdoor

Christmas market A Christmas market, also known as ''Christkindlmarkt'' (literally: ''Christ Child Market'', but the term "Christkind" usually refers to an angel-like "spirit of Christmas" rather than literally the Christ Child), ''Christkindlesmarkt'', ''Chris ...

and craft fair held in central

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. The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year. It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing just before

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. The Christmas Market and Craft Fair is located in

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, New Street, and Victoria Square. It is the largest such market outside

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and

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, attracting over 3.1 million visitors in 2010, over 5 million visitors in 2011, almost 5 million visitors in 2013 and over 5.5 million visitors in 2014. German food and drink such as

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and

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are available. On 15 November 2018, after an inspection by Birmingham City Council's

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officials, twenty of the market's food stalls were ordered to improve hygiene . Two further stalls were summarily closed for failing to display mandatory allergen advice. When reinspected on 20 November, all the stalls were found to meet the required standards. From 2018 the market has been kicked off with a performance of

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down Birmingham's New Street on behalf of

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before the lights are officially turned on. The market is affiliated with the

Frankfurt Christmas Market The Frankfurt Christmas Market (German: ''Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt'') is an annual outdoor Christmas market in central Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. The Christmas market opens in late November and continues until just before Christmas (normall ...

in the city of

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, one of the oldest such markets in Germany (dating from 1393), hence the name. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt. On 9 September 2020, the organisers of the Christmas market cancelled the 2020 event because of the

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