Our family's German traditions began when a young German girl from Dresden, Germany, entered our lives in 1993 as an Aupair living next door. The following year, Conny became part of our family living with us and impacting our home with German culture, traditions, and our first German handcraft, a räuchermann, translating as a "smoker man." That one gift turned into more over the years until we had quite the collection of these incense-smoking figures. They visited our home from the attic each Christmas! Our children thought every home had these sights and smells at Christmas. Fast forward nearly three decades later, we are here to share these traditions and goods with you and yours through our homespun, Christmas Markt.