I spent a beautiful late morning and early afternoon at the Oh Bej! Oh Bej! Christmas Mercato. This is an annual market, properted to have begun in 1510! Let that sink in for a moment... this Milanese Christmas fair has been held since 1510. 

While containing many of the same type booths as a normal mercato (fruits and vegetables, used/antique dishes, sweaters and hats and gloves (oh my! or in this case oh bej!), this market also has items suitable for Christmas eating and Christmas giving. 

Just a sampling:

You can buy hot chestnuts to eat at the fair...

... or take them home and cook them yourself.

You can sample meats and cheeses.

Check out the stuffed deer and boar heads above the shop.

Notice that this little piggy has a big Italian roll in his mouth, instead of the traditional apple.

Even I got into the spirit, and had a hot doggish sausage baked in a roll.

The softest Italian leather gloves... 

Fur, fur, fur...

Copper pots

Christmas crap...

Mediterranean bulbs for your yard

Ssucculents and cacti

Art...

Olives...

And what Christmas fair would be complete without a booth of US Military Surplus?

Pictures for my new apartment..........