Arts and crafts, entertainment and demonstrations

No self-respecting Christmas in Alsace can do without the objects and items made by the craftsmen who live and work across the entire length of the region.

These varied handicrafts are sold in Christmas markets, which are a unique shopping opportunity ...

Christmas Stories and Shows

Advent in Alsace has the particularity, which is probably unique, of being a time when a number of characters contribute to the wonderful atmosphere that prevails in the region. These characters can be seen at events and Christmas markets or at evening gatherings. Their presence ...

Exhibitions

Christmas log

Once blessed at the midnight mass, the Yule log is burned in the fireplace; it is the Brandewidaowa. The following morning, the ashes are carefully collected and preserved, for they are said to be blessed with many virtues. Scattered before the Epiphany in fields and gardens, ...

Blown glass balls

In Alsace, glass is made in the north, in Meisenthal. The art, which reached its peak in the early part of the last century, had found itself an ideal home with just the right conditions for making glass – pure water, sand, wood and ferns. Every ...

Creative workshops

Christmas cookies, Advent crowns, spice bread and decorations... Christmas in Alsace rhymes with celebration and creation. With friends or family, why not enrol for one of the many theme workshops? The hardest thing will be deciding which one to do! But then again, why choose just one? Christmas ...