{"id":4099,"date":"2011-11-08T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2011-11-08T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T12:44:14","slug":"enjoy-a-traditional-welsh-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/08\/enjoy-a-traditional-welsh-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy a traditional Welsh Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welsh crafts make this Christmas Market a special shopping experience<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4117\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4117\" title=\"culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4117\" title=\"culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture_5_christmasmarket_big_GD-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The market is getting ready for its opening on Thursday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s Christmas Market in Cardiff\u2019s City Centre will open its doors again this Thursday, led by the <em>Step Into Christmas<\/em> event and the illumination of the city\u2019s Christmas lights.<\/p>\n<p>Among a few new crafts stalls this year will a new Bratwurst vendor. But this is not a German Christmas Market and predominantly displays Welsh crafts, informs Jane Hall from Craft*Folk, the Market\u2019s organisers.<\/p>\n<p>Crafts that can be found in the stalls include Welsh lovespoons, heritage images, jewellery and Welsh slate as well as local cheeses and wine and a traditional hog roast. There are also taster stalls displaying produce of new craft-businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Another novelty this year are the hired chalets that Craft*Folk provide in cooperation with the Welsh Assembly for the first 10 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh crafts make this Christmas Market a special shopping experience This year\u2019s Christmas Market in Cardiff\u2019s City Centre will open its doors again this Thursday, led by the Step Into Christmas event and the illumination of the city\u2019s Christmas lights. Among a few new crafts stalls this year will a new Bratwurst vendor. But this is not a German Christmas Market and predominantly displays Welsh crafts, informs Jane Hall from Craft*Folk, the Market\u2019s organisers. Crafts that can be found in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[965,966,967,176,968],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-christmas-market","tag-craftfolk","tag-crafts","tag-welsh","tag-welsh-traditional-crafts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enjoy a traditional Welsh Christmas - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/08\/enjoy-a-traditional-welsh-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enjoy a traditional Welsh Christmas - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welsh crafts make this Christmas Market a special shopping experience This year\u2019s Christmas Market in Cardiff\u2019s City Centre will open its doors again this Thursday, led by the Step Into Christmas event and the illumination of the city\u2019s Christmas lights. 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