All around are the Christmas stalls that offer roasted apples, langosch, mushroom pans or special Christmas treats. St. Marien and the Red Town Hall form the background for the big Christmas tree. For moments, historic Berlin is revived. The facades with the original pictures of the houses that stood in this area around 1900 tell stories, as it once was in Berlin. In the streets, craftsmen and traders offer their goods and food. Barrel organ players give the right accompaniment music atmospherically.