Originally Posted by Kathrin
Both for Christmas markets and for the city, I definitely recommend
Dresden. One of the oldest and most famous Christmas markets in Germany. Here you'll find the real traditional woodcarvings from the Erzgebirge. Dresden is worth staying for a couple of days.
The one at Leipzig is said to be nice, too, but I haven't visited it myself.
Kathrin, you should definitely visit Leipzig's. It has much more stimmung than the one in Dresden IMO. The Dresden one is nice as well, but the Leipzig one somehow fits into the city center so nicely and there are a lot of activities as well.