Holiday Village is Capitol Market’s annual European-style holiday market — think twinkling lights, festive décor, artisanal vendors, and seasonal food & drink that give a cozy Christmas-market vibe similar to those in Vienna or Prague. It’s family-friendly and great for holiday shopping, enjoying delicious food, and browsing handcrafted gifts and specialty treats from local makers. Nellita's Cocina - goat cheese & mushroom empanada Brown Sugar Bakehouse - Tour of France Pastry sampler box including: Pain Au Chocolat (chocolate filled croissant), Madeleines, Palmier cookies and Apple Tarte Tatin

Holiday Village is Capitol Market’s annual European-style holiday market — think twinkling lights, festive décor, artisanal vendors, and seasonal food & drink that give a cozy Christmas-market vibe similar to those in Vienna or Prague. It’s family-friendly and great for holiday shopping, enjoying delicious food, and browsing handcrafted gifts and specialty treats from local makers. Kielbasa, diced potato & diced apple empanada with sauerkraut on the side from Nellita's Cocina. Backyard Shenanigans LLC with springerle cookies and stollen cookies. Dilly bread & plum cake from Ilar Homestead & Bakery, LLC. Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (black forest cake) from Brown Sugar Bakehouse.

Holiday Village is Capitol Market’s annual European-style holiday market — think twinkling lights, festive décor, artisanal vendors, and seasonal food & drink that give a cozy Christmas-market vibe similar to those in Vienna or Prague. It’s family-friendly and great for holiday shopping, enjoying delicious food, and browsing handcrafted gifts and specialty treats from local makers. There were a number of activities and vendors, but on this day, I checked out Brown Sugar Bakehouse. Brown Sugar Bakehouse offered cookies, brownies, pumpkin rolls and more. Most importantly: Swiss cookies.

Spitzbulen - strawberry jam filled sugar cookie.

Samichlaus - chocolate, orange zest & chocolate

Holiday Village is Capitol Market’s annual European-style holiday market — think twinkling lights, festive décor, artisanal vendors, and seasonal food & drink that give a cozy Christmas-market vibe similar to those in Vienna or Prague. It’s family-friendly and great for holiday shopping, enjoying delicious food, and browsing handcrafted gifts and specialty treats from local makers. Italy's celebration was scaled back a bit, but I did enjoy a sample of focaccia & olive oil from Villa DiTrapano. Gritt's Farm: Minestrone Soup & Dirty Soda Farmer Float - The dirty soda farmer float is a crisp apple Olipop mixed with spiced apple cider & cream topped with a caramel glazed donut! Nellita's Cocina's specialty empanada: bolognese

Holiday Village is Capitol Market’s annual European-style holiday market — think twinkling lights, festive décor, artisanal vendors, and seasonal food & drink that give a cozy Christmas-market vibe similar to those in Vienna or Prague. It’s family-friendly and great for holiday shopping, enjoying delicious food, and browsing handcrafted gifts and specialty treats from local makers. Finland's celebration was scaled back a bit, but I did enjoy Nellita's Cocina's featured empanada: beef, potato, bell pepper, cumin, garlic & chili powder.