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Weihnachtsmarkt

‘Tis the Season…and its’ already a local tradition.

The holiday season will ring in as the Lake Mohawk boardwalk in Sparta is once again transformed into a bustling German Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt).

This annual event was conceived only six years ago and is already firmly established as a local tradition in Sussex County, The idea was brought to life by a group of volunteers who wanted nothing more than to raise funds for local charities, while creating a unique event that is open to the public along the idyllic boardwalk of the Lake Mohawk Country Club.

This year the German Christmas Market will proudly showcase some 40 vendors, that in turn offer unique and traditional gift items for sale; from European chocolates to hand-crafted pottery, fine artisans offering works across a variety of mediums: from woods through fabrics, and timeless German traditional hand crafted wooden nutcrackers, pyramids, schwiboggen and smoker men to decorate your home for the holidays.

While you personalize your holiday shopping, tantalizing smells will dance among the vendors set along the picturesque lakefront, as traditional items from sizzling German sausages, sumptuous soups, goulash and sauerbraten to hand warming hot chocolate, apple struedel, linzer tarts, and gingerbread men and warmed mulled spice wine (gluhwein) are prepared among the festive chorus’s of local school choirs and entertainers.
This year’s entertainment will feature musical performances by both Sparta High School and Middle School German choirs, German School of Morristown choir, Storytelling hour by Joanne Kanouse, Accordion accompaniment and Yodeling by Barry Adler, Harmony in Motion (Women’s Acappella), and dancers from the Lenape Valley German Folk Club. Santa Claus will be visiting the boardwalk on Saturday afternoon!


The continued generosity of our supporters, to name a few…Bayer HealthCare, Consumer Care Division, Newton Memorial Hospital, Volvo Rents, Live Wires LLC,
Eastern Propane and Reinauer Transportation Companies of New York and Boston, allows our group of dedicated volunteers to continue to organize this truly unique event in a truly wonderful setting. A special thank you to our major sponsor, Lake Mohawk Country Club and staff.

The German Christmas Market delivers fun and festivity to everyone, but importantly, proceeds raised are then distributed back into the local community. Last year $10,000.00 was distributed to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Sussex County, the German Language Departments of the Sparta School Districts (scholarship),and Domestic Abuse Services Inc (DASI) of Newton.

Our best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season,

Dean Reinauer, Lake Mohawk Weihnachtmarkt committee

Schedule

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Events for 2008 will be posted in Nov. '08

Directions

The Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market is located on the boardwalk at the Lake Mohawk Country Club in Sparta NJ. Parking is available across the street from the club.

For detailed driving directions please follow the google link on the map below.

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Event Sponsors

Sincere thanks to Friends of the Weihnachtsmarkt 2007

Gold Supporters:
Lake Mohawk Country Club
Bayer HealthCare
Newton Memorial Hospital

Silver Supporters:
Eastern Propane
Volvo Rents LLC
Reinauer Transportation Companies LLC
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Mohawk Gardens
Live Wires LLC
Thorlabs Inc Newton
Thorlabs GmbH, Munich

Sponsors:
Lakeland Bank
Plaza Barber Shop
Ailish’s Alpine Paint Centre
Danforths/Lake Mohawk Marina
Kelly and Ward LLC
Take It 4 Granite
Skylands Medical Group:Drs. Kane & Pampin
Bristol Glen
Custom Wood Furniture
Karin Meyer, Weichert Realtors
Sponsors Continued:
Daggett, Kraemer and Eliades, Esq.
Weichert Realtors- Sparta
R.S. Phillips Steel LLC
Salon Unique
Laddey, Clark and Ryan, Attorneys
Simplex Americas LLC
Sparta Trades
Anderson-Kelly Associates

Contributors:
Sparta Tire
George F. Sweeny, Esq. Law Office
Mohawk Tile & Stone LLC
Totalogistix Inc.
Coldwell Banker-Sparta
Andover Animal Hospital
Stephen J. Candio DDS

Friends:
Olde Lafayette Village
Golden Castle Jewelers
Its’ Your Dog LLC
The Market Place
Crystal Springs
www.aroundthearea.com

Funds raised from committee tables and silent auction items are donated to children’s charities.
Happy Holidays