Colmar Christmas Market 2026: The Perfect Christmas Fever Dream

Colmar Christmas Market was the cherry on top of our Christmas market trip.

And by “cherry,” I mean an aggressively adorable Alsatian town where my sons and I rode mechanical horses, took ridiculous pictures in photo huts, went up on the Ferris wheel, ate too much, laughed a lot, and eventually agreed we had reached maximum Festive.

For me, this was a perfect “long afternoon into early evening” trip. That gave us enough time to wander the markets, see the town in daylight and after the lights came on, do goofy Christmas things, eat excellent yummies, and then…