Comments on: Christkindlmarkt on the Rathausplatz – Vienna’s Largest Christmas Market http://thehungariangirl.com/2009/11/19/christkindlmarkt-on-the-rathausplatz-viennas-largest-christmas-market/ All About Central & Eastern European Food, Wine, Travel and Culture. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://thehungariangirl.com/2009/11/19/christkindlmarkt-on-the-rathausplatz-viennas-largest-christmas-market/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 Ben Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:16:04 +0000 http://thehungariangirl.com/?p=4836#comment-3006 Looks lovely! But the Chriskindlmarkt reminds me: I love how we took Christkindl (lit. the Christ Child) from Europe, mispronounced and mistranslated it into Kris Kringle in North America. Then somehow Kris Kringle becomes Santa Claus. We have taken the baby Jesus and turned him into a fat man with a red coat! Ah language. Looks lovely! But the Chriskindlmarkt reminds me:

I love how we took Christkindl (lit. the Christ Child) from Europe, mispronounced and mistranslated it into Kris Kringle in North America. Then somehow Kris Kringle becomes Santa Claus. We have taken the baby Jesus and turned him into a fat man with a red coat! Ah language.

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