The Yule Blog

The Christmas Markets have returned! Throughout the UK’s greatest cities, merry market-goers are tasting their first gluhwein of the season and feasting on foot long spicy hot dogs, just as tradition dictates.

We love the Christmas markets and to celebrate them popping up again here’s a few things you’re guaranteed to see at each one:

Social drinking at any time of day

“Baileys Hot Chocolate at 10am? Why not, it is Chris-er…mid November”

Candles so scented they’ll knock you off your feet

“That’s sent me dizzier than the Baileys!”

Flagrant disregard for health and safety rules

Yep, that’s raw meat dripping on to cooked meat…

Stands that are a little too clean and fancy to fit in

A mix of the traditional…

…and the not so traditional

Nerds love Christmas too!

A mix of cultures

Chocolate everything

Enough sweets to make Willy Wonka jealous

These are basically diabetes on a stick

Creepy knock-offs of famous characters

“Oh look, it’s Wunnie The Poot”

“And Bambu!”

Pictures of Audrey Hepburn for some reason

Always Audrey. Always.

Food you could easily get at the supermarket for a tenth of the price

“While I’m here though…”

Some truly shocking shop names

“Ohh just the cheese. I get it. Err…no, wait. Do I get it? Is it a pun? Just the…nope. Sod it, where’s that Baileys hut got to?”

Attempts to take the marketplace back from the Germans

Tat

Lots of tat

Some half-hearted tat

Some serious tat

“Ooh, wouldn’t that look nice in someone else’s house?”

Some brilliant market sellers

And plenty of food

“These would all be lovely with a Baileys hot chocolate!”

What else have we missed? Are you going to a Christmas market this year? Share with us your pictures and stories in the comments.

All photos taken at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2016