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. Brown Sugar Bakehouse: Mosaic cake & baklava Nellita's Cocina: Spanakopita

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 Bredele cookie kit from Brown Sugar Bakehouse. These are traditional French Christmas butter cookies inspired by Alsace, France, traditions.

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. Kartoffelsuppe (German potato & sausage soup) from Gritt's Farm.

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