Coronavirus: No Christmas markets — but some mulled wine ‘to go’
06 December 2020 |
12:16 pm
Germany’s Christmas markets, collections of festive shopping stalls and mulled wine stands in city centers, are shuttered because of the pandemic. But a company in Cologne is trying to do what little it still can.
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