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For the second year the German-American Community Office invited Americans to perform at the Christmas market in Kaiserslautern.

All over German Christmas markets, shoppers will find unique wooden items such as nutcrackers, Christmas pyramids, angels and other figures. The origin of these holiday items goes back to the 17th century in the Erzgebirge, a mountain area near the Czech border.

The Christmas market in Kaiserslautern will present a live nativity scene 5 p.m. Monday on Schillerplatz. A horse farm will show how animals celebrate Christmas. The Goldway Pipers will play music before the Kaiserslautern Zoo will open its petting zoo from 5 to 7 p.m. The school orchestra of the Kurpfalz Realschule will perform 6 to 8 p.m.

German children opened the first day of their Advent calendar yesterday.
This pre-Christmas tradition of opening a door each day will continue through Dec. 24. This is little children

Children will place their boots outside their rooms Monday night to have them filled up by Santa Claus with candy, cookies, nuts, oranges and little gifts during the night. Tuesday is

The Christmas market in Otterberg takes place Saturday, Dec. 10 and 17. The market set up in front of the Abbey Church opens at 4 p.m. and features various music bands on stage.