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i've lived in germany for 40 years and never came across this term. it's either "christkind" in proper german, christkindl, krischkind, krischkinnl or krischkindl in southern dialects. this page is nonsense and should be deleted!Sundar1 16:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
Actually it appears to be a conflation of two different mythological figures; Kringle according to Wiki itself is a Norwegian pastry, unrelated to "child", and the Old Norse meaning is said to be "Christ of the Wheel" -- wheel being a synonym for Jul, i.e. the turning season. Not related to the German christkindl. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.55.66.147 (talk) 23:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)Reply