Saturday Matinee: European Christmas Markets Tour!
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
On today’s Saturday Matinee, it's Christmas in April! Host Lindsay Graham discusses the history behind his European Christmas Market Tour with fellow podcaster, Will Clark of 'Grey History.' They trace back the origin of these markets, their surprising ties to Nazi Germany, the history of the cities the tour will visit, plus a short preview of the traditional culinary delights offered in the regions.
- For more info on the European Christmas Markets Tour: https://trip.historydaily.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Happy April 18th, everyone, and Merry Christmas. |
| 0:12.3 | On today's Saturday matinee, you're going to hear a conversation between me and Will Clark, |
| 0:16.8 | hosted the podcast Gray History. |
| 0:18.9 | But more importantly, for our purposes today, Will is the organizer of the European Christmas |
| 0:23.5 | Market Tour I teased two weeks ago. |
| 0:26.0 | Well, tickets are on sale as of today, and you can get yours by going to HistoryDaily.com |
| 0:31.8 | and looking for the European Christmas Market section. |
| 0:34.8 | But wait, you say, what is this European Christmas market tour? |
| 0:38.5 | Well, it's a chance to join me and my family on a 10-day trip throughout France, Germany, and |
| 0:43.5 | Austria to tour some of Europe's most history-drenched cities and enjoy their festive Christmas |
| 0:48.5 | markets. And the conversation you're about to hear goes into detail about the history behind |
| 0:53.1 | these markets and the other |
| 0:54.3 | sites you might see. So take a listen. It's fascinating history by itself, but if you think you'd love it |
| 0:59.9 | even more to be there in person with me, then head to historydaily.com to find a link. We've also |
| 1:05.7 | put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you. |
| 1:20.8 | Hello, everybody. |
| 1:24.7 | With me today is Will Clark, the host of Gray History. |
| 1:29.1 | You might have heard his podcast if you've been listening to a lot of Saturday matinees. |
| 1:31.0 | We featured it once or twice. |
| 1:36.1 | But it was Will who got this whole ball rolling on this European Christmas markets tour. He emailed me asking pretty simply, hey, can I advertise on your show about it? |
| 1:41.6 | But I thought, wait a minute, European Christmas markets, that is my daughter's |
| 1:46.9 | like secret fantasy. Let's try something a little bigger here. And so I emailed Will back, and we got |
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