Strasbourg’s #Christmas market is one of the most emblematic every year. All it takes is a pretzel and a glass of mulled wine for the Christmas spirit to take hold of an entire city.
Christmas on every street corner, from decorated Christmas trees to illuminated facades. For a month, #Strasbourg puts a little magic in the eyes of young and old alike.
Millions of tourists stroll through this XXL Christmas market every year. Among the chalets scattered all over the city center, at the foot of the cathedral, #Dominique Schuster, 69, is a regular visitor. She’s one of the last to sell her own creations. Behind each object, she likes to tell a story.
150 years ago, the market was already attracting curious onlookers. Back then, the main items sold were confectionery and toys. Today, you’ll find a little bit of everything, and above all, something to warm you up.
The festivities will last until the end of December.
SHOTLIST
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– TRACKING shots through Strasbourg streets
– Close-up decorated Christmas tree
– Various shots of Christmas decorations on houses and store windows
– Images of tourists taking photos
– VOXPOP (English) Tourist, woman: “It’s magic, magic dream.”
– VOXPOP (French) Tourist, woman: “I love beauty, so, of course, I love Strasbourg.”
– Close-up of a decorated facade
– Close-up of a decorated facade on a smartphone screen
– Various shots of the streets of Strasbourg’s Christmas market
– Close-up of Strasbourg #cathedral
– Images in front of a store at the foot of the cathedral
– Various shots of the store’s products
– SOUNDBITE (French) Dominique Schuster, exhibitor at the Strasbourg Christmas market “And the Christkindel, at Christmas, he would walk around the village, he was a person who was dressed in white and there was always a bell and you would hear the bell at night.”
– Wide shot of the Christmas store and customers
– Various wide shots of part of the Christmas market
– SOUNDBITE (French) Milena Ferreira Da Silva, Christmas market exhibitor: “A little mulled wine, it’s the best on the market.”
– Images of mulled wine sales
– Close-up of a mulled wine container
– SOUNDBITE (French) Milena Ferreira Da Silva, Christmas market exhibitor: “Not too much spice, not too much sugar, really, the bare minimum and a smile.”
– Close-up of a glass filled with mulled wine
– VOXPOP (English) Tourist, woman: “It’s really good, it’s really good.”
– Close-up of a glass of mulled wine
– Images of tourists enjoying mulled wine
– Various shots of Christmas decorations in the streets of Strasbourg’s Christmas market