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Kris Kringle Mart en · NOUN

Etymology

By surface analysis, analyzable either as (1) a calque of German Christkindlmarkt or (2) a proprialization from Kris Kringle + mart.

Meanings

1. Synonym of Christkindlmarkt (“a Christmas market”).
   • The Kris Kringle Mart (sometimes called Christmas Fair) is in the city square right in front of the Catholic Church. 2005, Elaine Bonzelaar, Those First Two Years, page 291:
   • Throughout the country, Christmas markets — sometimes known as Kris Kringle marts— begin opening during the last week of November. 2013, Stormie Dunn, Silenced No More, The Courage of a Soldier - Life After Military Sexual Trauma, page 100:
   • and also to the December Kris Kringle Mart in Nürnberg, running from the beginning of the month right up until Christmas. 1961, Sydney Clark, All the Best in Germany and Austria, page 77:

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Christkindlmarkt