We spent days in Germany's Black Forest, which supposedly inspired Grimms' fairy-tales. Its cake and hiking trails were great ...

And lastly, you got to go look at the cuckoo clocks,” he said. Clock seller Niklas Wendler brings the authentic hand-crafted clocks from the Black Forest in southwestern Germany. “You will not ...

Chicago's Christkindlmarket is a popular holiday staple, featuring a Christ-kind mascot who brings good luck and focuses on the child it celebrates, rather than the more commercialized Santa Clause.

Where do they find the time? Holiday shoppers seek hand crafted cuckoo clocks at Christkindlemarket In the folklore of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other parts of Europe, the Christkind is ...