Yesterday news broke that Leeds City Council will not be hosting the annual German Christmas Market at Millennium Square.
The event has been cancelled, with the council citing "foreign travel work visa costs and complications” as the reason.
Here the YEP takes a look back at the much-loved Leeds German Christmas Market over the years.
1. Councillor Jane Dowson at the Leeds German Christmas Market
The old Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Jane Dowson, enjoying the merry go round with Kurt Stroscher at the Leeds German Christmas Market back in 2017. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
2. Leeds German Christmas Market in 2017
The German Christmas Market was usually organised in partnership between Leeds and Frankfurt city councils. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
3. Source of the best Christmas gifts
Here visitors to the market in 2017 browse the goods on sale, ranging from trinkets to decorative pots for the perfect Christmas gift. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
4. The Lord Mayor of Leeds was often a visitor
Pictured here is the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Eileen Taylor, and Kurt Stroscher, Director of the Christmas Market Frankurt City Council, back in 2019. Photo: Steve Riding
5. The market pictured in 2005
The German Market has become a firm Christmas staple over the decades, even back here in 2005 - just three sleeps before Christmas. Photo: Simon Hulme
6. The best place to grab last minute decorations
Clare Withnall and Kirstie Young admiring some of the Christmas decorations on one of the stalls back in 2003. Photo: Steve Riding