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A hand crafted clay Christmas mug sitting on a wooden table

Market Mug of the Week: Burg Satzvey (Kat Nickola)

Kat Nickola, thank you for this photo of the Burgweihnacht at Burg Satzvey Christmas market mug. This is such a beautiful, special red clay mug. Check out more handmade wares and items at this magical medieval castle market in the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany on each Advent Weekend, Nov. 29-30, Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21, 2025.

Several times a day, the castle presents a medieval nativity play. The costumes and props are carefully chosen and made to represent the Staufer era, a period during the Middle Ages. Fill your clay mug with warm Glühwein, mead or hot chocolate as you shop for handcrafted gifts like wooden toys, soaps and incense. Santa’s elves help children make crafts and create Christmas lists to hand to Santa himself at Santa’s Workshop.

A hand crafted clay Christmas mug sitting on a wooden table

Burgweihnacht market mug at Burg Satzvey (Kat Nickola)

If you choose to purchase tickets in advance, they are a little bit less expensive: €8 for children 4-12. €10 for young adults and students, €12 for adults and €32 for a family ticket (2 adults and 2 children). For more information, visit burgsatzvey.de.

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Katie Wells is a writer and mixed media artist with an MFA in Creative Writing. She is passionate about nature, travel, and yoga. When she’s not writing or getting lost in new hobbies, you can find her cuddling up with a latte and her two dogs Zuko and Baymax and Fern the cat.

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