Article: Visitors lured to Germany's Christmas markets

Article: Santa gets cold shoulder in Austria: Some want focus on ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Nikolaus and the Christ Child as the reason ... s outdoor Christmas markets, where bundled ... Christkind (Pro-Christ Child) Society in ... Christkind, or Christ Child, sneaks into ... popping up at Christmas markets devoted to ...

Article: Romantic Christmas markets abound in Vienna as ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... looking forward to the traditional Christmas markets that mark the beginning of Advent ... November to December 24, about 130 Christmas markets and events can be found all across ... for time, but I am glad I did." Christmas markets have a very long tradition in the ...

Article: Christmas shopping special: Browse your way around the Continent ...
The Independent on Sunday;  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... overlooks the medieval town and is towered over by the Frauenkirche. The market is opened by a teenage girl acting as the "Christ child" (who, like Sweden's goat, brings presents to children). More than 150 stalls fill the square, selling wooden decorations ...

Article: Layettes for needy moms: academy of tucson students make four ...
AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  April 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... School that created four quilts for the Christ Child Society of Tucson's layette program ... after birth. It's the first time the Christ Child Society, a nonprofit organization that ... to someone, and that's where the Christ Child Society came in." From the discussion ...

Article: Christ Child House receives Skillman Grant.
PR Newswire;  December 18, 1990 ;     587 words ...CHRIST CHILD HOUSE RECEIVES SKILLMAN GRANT DETROIT, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christ Child House has announced the receipt of an ... 5 and under. Under the auspices of the Christ Child Society and with assistance from the Center ...

Article: Christ Child Society has helped for 95 years
Dayton Daily News;  July 13, 2006 ;     626 words ... ... child and, if that organization is the Christ Child Society of Dayton, it has been doing ... late Marie and Helen Rotterman, the Christ Child Society of Dayton was patterned after ... shoes for a cost of $30,000. Many Christ Child members are tutors for children ages ...

Article: Layette program fashions help for mothers Christ ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Center. Headquarters for Milwaukee's Christ Child Society, the center hums in assembly ... booties, soft cloth toys and quilts. The Christ Child Society, a non-profit Catholic association ... the society's endowment fund. The Christ Child Society was started in 1887 by Mary ...