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Taste the secrets of Christmas in Alsace!
christmas cookies, warm wine, handmade crafts...
L.Muller ; C. CreutzDelicacies
- DANIEL STOFFEL CHOCOLATERIE
Good chocolate is made with passion, to create emotion
Since its creation in 1963, the Stoffel Chocolaterie produces high quality chocolates pass through the hands of chocolate experts who mix with grace, artistic sense and sense of taste.
- CONFISERIE DES HAUTES VOSGES
"Natural quality" candies
Each tasting is an explosion of pleasure and inimitable flavours, to be enjoyed without moderation!
- LES CONFITURES DE NICOLE (Nicole’s Jams)
“Les confitures de Nicole” came into being 15 years ago. Since then, the range has expanded greatly, some of them mixing fruit with spices or flowers picked from her garden.
- MIREILLE OSTER’S GINGERBREADS
For a delicious scented journey with the aromas of spices, honey, citrus fruits, melted butter…
Mireille wishes to provide pleasure for her clients around the world and have them share and sample products that are made with love in her Strasbourg workshops.
- ID. L’EDITION
Id Edition is an independent publishing house based in Alsace
We have selected a few books to help you discover Alsace and its sweet and savoury gourmet recipes and wines without further delay. For the pleasure of young and old alike!
- MARKETA MACUDOVA'S GINGERBREADS
Gingerbread is the perfect Christmas treat.
So, what could be better than this elaborate, delicious cake, whose spicy scents amaze you, to make it the material of wonderful artistic creations.
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Magical decorations
- AU P’TIT BONHEUR
Muriel Schumacher has designed and manufactured wooden Christmas decorations in Alsace for 10 years.
Combining modernity and tradition, all models are designed in her workshop, cut and sanded by hand by Muriel and her team.
- AVENUE D’ALSACE
100% Alsace creations and 100% made in France manufacturing
Avenue d'Alsace is a contemporary and trendy brand inspired by Alsatian regional culture such as folk art, gastronomy and also the natural wealth of the region and its complex history.
- THE ‘ELVES' CHALET
Maj-Lis NAEGEL was born in Finland, Santa's country!
Since her arrival in France, she has developed her creativity in many fields. Her wooden elves are unique pieces that she has imagined and created, inspired by her childhood memories and the Christmas traditions she perpetuates.
- MARINO & CO
Telling Alsatian Fairy Tales…
Designers Anmarie Bendel and Marie Noëlle Barthelmé use their own 4 hands to create collections that represent contemporary Alsace. Alongside artist Guy Untereiner, their product lines bring together tradition and modernity in a “trendy” way.
- CHRISTMAS BALLS
Precious objects for precious moments, by Karen Muller & Dominique Hartenstein
According to tradition, Christmas balls took place on Christmas trees in Alsace in the middle of the 19th century. Until then, it was customary to hang hosts and apples on it, but the poor harvest of 1858 made it impossible. A master glassmaker then had the idea of blowing large glass balls to replace the insufficient number of fruits.
- UN SI PETIT MONDE
Isabelle’s magical world
The small world is a world of little elves, intended to decorate your home. The little elves arrive in force around Christmas to decorate your tree, your gifts and your tables. They are one hundred percent homemade and one hundred percent Alsatian!
- CHRISTIANE KOCH
Hearts designer in Alsace.
Expert seamstress, Christiane pays particular attention to each object, with patience and precision, to offer you high-quality handmade products.
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C. FleckingerModern and traditional pottery
- SIEGFRIED-BURGER POTTERY
Handed down from father to son for over 6 generations!
This pottery allows for the longer process of slow-cooking, which doesn’t require constant surveillance. The cuisine turns out flavorful and delicious. Soufflenheim pottery also allows you to steam the food, which is quicker and produces healthy dishes rich in vitamins and minerals.
- FORTUNE SCHMITTER POTTERY
Potters for 7 generations, this traditional and family workshop producing the real sandstone with Alsatian salt.
This pottery, both utilitarian and decorative, is entirely made in their workshop. The firing process, characteristic of Betschdorf's village production, gives the pottery all its authenticity and shows an exceptional know-how is.
- BECK POTTERY
Potters for 7 generations, The Beck Pottery was created around 1750 in Soufflenheim in Alsace.
It has been passed down from father to son since that time and is currently run by Richard Beck, his wife and their three daughters. The mastery of the gesture and a lot of inventiveness allow them to offer a varied range of forms and decorations either traditional or ethnically inspired thematics
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Bretzel AirlinesThe "Décalés"
- BRETZEL AIRLINES
The #1 Alsatian brand of T-shirts and gifts
The brand BRETZEL AIRLINES showcases Alsace through a hundred visuals and designs imagined and designed by its creators. His humorous and offbeat graphic universe, referring to the regional clichés or diverting Alsatian fashion of well-known logos, is available on the items of the collection: T-shirts, Caps, Sweatshirts, Aprons, Mugs, Magnets, etc.
- LA CIGOGNE A COLOMBAGES
Located in the heart of the famous "Stork Valley", the Alsatian creation studio La Cigogne à Colombages gives birth to offbeat and endearing characters including a gallery of Alsatian superheroes! Not to miss!
Check out the map!Find your favorite Craftspeople and choose your christmas gifts on the Genuine French Christmas market!
A little history…
It was 1924 when Guiseppe Franchi - the grandfather- left his native Italy to settle down in Strasbourg, capital city of the region Alsace.
Bolstered by his fine traditions and faced with the rough winter of our lands, he immediately came up with the idea to offer Strasbourg residents a taste of a surprisingly delicious (and nourishing) fruit: the ROASTED CHESTNUT!
Today, the Franchi locomotives bring excitement to city intersections, delighting young and old alike.
These dainty pastries truly are the perfect treat,
for yourself or someone else!
Still today, during Advent, two or three generations get together as a family to make all sorts of “bredle” (little Alsatian Christmas biscuits). "Bredle” are treasured by gourmets and gourmands alike. The humble bredle are sure to keep surprising you with their taste, colour and shape…
