Day: November 17, 2018

Though it won’t open up until the middle of November,Chriskindlemarket is already being setup in downtown Chicago near business apartments and corporate housing in The Loop. The yearly holiday tradition will continue this year at Daley Plaza in Chicago. Marketgoers will get to enjoy mulled wine,snacks and German shopping.

The 23rd Annual Chriskindlemarket,put together by the German Society of America,aims to honor the traditional markets of 1500s Nuremburg,Germany. Every year since 1996,attendees from all over the world have descended on downtown Chicago for the annual event dedicated to bridging the divide between current American culture and traditional European culture. The original Chriskindlemarkt in Nuremburg,Germany was an annual holiday celebration that served many of the same food and drink as the current day one,and also provided residents with a very entertaining time.

For food lovers,there will be plenty of options to choose from this year. Traditional sausages and kraut will be available alongside German pretzels. If you get thirsty,don’t worry – you’ll be covered too. For the alcohol lovers,mulled wine is a huge hit and one of the main draws for people every year. For non-drinkers,hot cocoa is served in the same collectable mugs as the mulled wine and is a sweet treat perfect for a snowy Chicago evening.

Ask any Chicagoan and they’ll agree – downtown Chicago just woudln’t be the same without Chriskindlemarket every year. Because of this,the group decided to create two new locations. In 2016 and 2017,the operators of Chriskindlemarket opened two locations in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood. And this year,Chriskindlemarket will be opening a new location in Milwaukee. Lovers of mulled wine and German food that live in Wisconsin will no longer have to drive all the way to Chicago every winter to enjoy the wonders of Chriskindlemarket.

Channel letter signs,which are also referred to as halo lit letter signs or back lit letter signs,are signs that are typically illuminated with Neon.

Channel letter signs are often used by business owners to display information to their customers. One type of channel letter sign is the raceway mounted channel letter sign. The letters on these signs are attached to a box called a raceway,which is a long rectangular box. This box helps with mounting the letters and also serves as a housing for all of the wiring,electrical components,and transformers needed to make the light function.

Channel letters within a raceway are generally easier to install in a sign than those letters that are individually mounted. In addition,channel letters are easier to wire inside of wall because it only requires pushing a few wires through rather than several.

Channel letters can also be mounted directly onto the wall. Most people prefer the way individually mounted letters look better than those that are on the raceway. When mounting these letters individually,the person hanging the letters must lay out a mounting pattern directly on the wall where it is to be added. Then,holes are drilled for the letters and for the electrical components. Since this process takes a bit longer,it is usually more expensive than those installed with a raceway.

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Another type of channel letter sign is the open face channel letter sign. These signs are built in a manner similar to standard channel letters,though they can be mounted either on a raceway or individually. Open channel letters are not actually “open.” Rather,these letters have a clear face rather than a colored plastic face.

By having a clear face,this type of channel letter sign allows the neon tubing to show through. This makes the sign even more noticeable and nighttime. Channel letters with a colored face tend to overshadow the brightness of the neon light.

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Channel letters can also be reverse. Reverse channel letters have metal faces as well as returns on the sides of the letters. These channel letters also have a clear plastic backing and are designed for mounting just an inch or so away from a wall. As a result,these channel letters tend to have a halo-lit look at night.

Regardless of the method used,channel letter signs are an effective means of advertising and catching a potential customer’s eye.-