Photos: See the world’s most elaborate Christmas markets
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Laced with festive ornaments and bustling with vendors, the clusters of sweet-smelling open-air stalls trace their roots to northern Europe, where German Protestant agricultural markets in the 18th and 19th century shifted from selling off the fall harvest to offering holiday decorations, treats and crafts.Bildagentur/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesA Christmas market in Plaza Major in Madrid, in 1883.
The annual markets spread throughout Europe, as the their appeal broadened from selling perishable goods to offering a destination for community gathering and revelry. Later, in the 19th century, the markets took on a more explicit connection to the holiday.
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