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Prague Christmas market opens on Old Town Square

Xinhua, November 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

With the lightening ceremony of Christmas tree at 17:30 on Saturday evening on the Old Town Square in downtown Prague, the traditional Christmas market officially opened.

The 22-meter-high Christmas tree is decorated in the basic color of white and silver with red elements. In the Christmas market, there are workshops for children, screenings of fairy tales and cultural programs.

Tens of thousands of people, both Praguers and tourists, watched the lightening ceremony. Compared with last year, Prague changed the way of Christmas tree's lightening up, this is mainly due to the great interest of visitors and also for safety reasons.

The Christmas market is decorated with Czech folk elements and decorations such as gingerbread cookies, pine cones and other natural materials.

The market stalls are installed star-like lighting. There is also a real scene of the birth of Jesus in the market, the lambs and ponies and other docile animals are the most favorite of children, they can personally feed them and even touch them closely.

In the corner of the square, there is also a small stage, folk songs and dances will be performed during the opening period of the Christmas market.

As the security situation in Europe is not optimistic this year, the security measures are strengthened in the market. There are more police and patrols in the Christmas market. Enditem