CHRISTKINDL: BY THE NUMBERS

19 Number of years festival has been celebrated in Kitchener

70+ Number of vendors each year, some of which have been there from the start

10-20 buses carrying high school students and seniors that arrive at the festival each year from Ontario, Michigan and New York

28+ live performances on stage and and at other festival locations each year

$75,000+ money invested over the years by Fred and Jenny Aldred (with founder, the late Fred Aldred Sr.) who have been displaying their model trains at Christkindl since 2000

$80,000 funds raised at the festival for Children’s Wish Foundation over the past 18 years

500 students in North America’s largest Saturday German School, Concordia German Language School, supported by the event

35,000 apple fritters consumed