Christmas was born along the Elbe (part 1: the markets)

Dresden’s Striezelmarkt, the oldest Christmas market This is not one of my usual environmental post. But since I have been researching the Elbe River for its environmental history, I’ve noticed how much our Christmas traditions have been developed there. Christmas is coming, so instead of deploring the state of our environment, I thought I’d indulge […]

Christmas was born along the Elbe (part 1: the markets)

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