For decades, Zwetschgenmännle - the popular figures made from dried plums - have been sold at the Christmas market.
There are over 350 different figures - the repertoire ranges from "naked men" to "chimney sweepers" to lovers.

In the world of the plum men, there are hundreds of gnomes and double bass players, guitarists and pianists, cooks and waiters,
mushroom pickers and egg women, priests and devils and, and, and - the figures are nine to 22 centimeters tall,
cost three to 18.50 euros and form an illustrious company that gathers on the display tables of the stalls.

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