39 - Christmas Market Scandals, 2022 Edition

Spaßbremse

Back by popular demand, we’re joined by Nathan to talk about this year’s Christmas market scandals! Check out last year’s two-part episode “The Twelve Days of Christmas Market Scandals” for more holiday drama.

This year, we’re discussing six different scandals:

1. Not heeding the energy-saving restrictions

https://www.insuedthueringen.de/inhalt.eisenach-trotz-energiekrise-weihnachtsmarkt-ohne-einschraenkungen.c3f15953-26ef-4833-9abf-758482dd6cf4.html

2. Tax evasion and not following the receipt obligations

https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2019-12/steuerbetrug-bonpflicht-registrierkassen-haendler-handel-finanzamt?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

3. Pickpockets in Niedersachsen!

https://www.lka.polizei-nds.de/a/presse/pressemeldungen/taschendiebe-unterwegs-auf-weihnachtsmaerkten--polizei-gibt-tipps-114196.html

4. Corrupt allocation of market stalls

https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/hamburg/article11049506/Razzia-in-Rathaus-Korruption-auf-dem-Weihnachtsmarkt.html

https://www.sn.at/panorama/oesterreich/marktfahrer-protestieren-gegen-vergabe-der-staende-beim-christkindlmarkt-130281856

5. Nazis

https://wo-magazin.de/rechte-nutzen-weihnachtsmarkt-fuer-nazi-propaganda/

https://www.rnd.de/panorama/hakenkreuz-skandal-auf-dem-weihnachtsmarkt-DBVYGVANC6T4MIGQOSVB5E5XGI.html

https://www.eimsbuetteler-nachrichten.de/osterstrasse-eimsbuettel-streit-um-nazi-codes-auf-weihnachtsmarkt/

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/nazi-propaganda-weihnachten-unter-dem-hakenkreuz-100.html

6. Fur being sold at the Weihnachtsmarkt

https://www.t-online.de/region/hamburg/id_100093252/hundepelz-skandal-auf-roncalli-weihnachtsmarkt-in-hamburg-stand-musste-schliessen.html

Many thanks to Nathan for joining us again this year! You can find him on Twitter if you don’t follow him already: @nthnashma

Join us again next year for days 19 - 24 of your Christmas market scandal advent calendar. We’ll also be back in the New Year with some exciting new episodes.

Happy holidays!

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