("We Wish You a Merry Christmas")

- The first official Christmas market

was the Striezelmarkt in Dresden, Germany,

which began in 1434.

And while that firstmarket lasted just one day,

the Dresden Christmasmarket now lasts throughout

the entire Advent season,

drawing more than 3 millionvisitors every year.

(drums banging)

One of the highlightsof the Dresden market

is the Stolen Festival,

featuring the city's signatureChriststollen pastry,

created to look like the Christchild in swaddling clothes.

Every year a giant stolen is baked

and driven through thecity on a horse-drawn cart.

At the end of the parade the pastry

is cut and sold at the market,

with the proceeds going to charity,

this year, a children's hospital.

- [Reporter] It's so much fun.

You get to go out, the air is nippy,

but you have your hotchocolate, or your gluhwein.

You've got a cinnamon pig in one hand

and your kids are looking for toys.

Your wife is buying ornaments.

It's a splendid idea.

("We Wish You a Merry Christmas")