At German Christmas markets, holiday spirit flows

Cultural Exchange: For tourists and locals, Cologne's traditional markets offer tchotchkes, gl�hwein, chocolate, socializing and memories of holidays past.

COLOGNE, Germany — On a street corner in the old part of Cologne, a boy of 9 or 10 approximates Christmas songs on his trumpet. Around him, the elaborate huts of the Altstadt Christmas market play a siren song audible only to ladies of a certain age and their long-suffering husbands.

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