【文章标题】：Christmas Village shoppers no longer will be allowed to enter booths
【文章标题】：圣诞村集市将禁止顾客进入商亭
【文章正文】：
September 04, 2026
2026年9月4日
Vendors at the Christmas Village and Made in Philadelphia markets in Center City will not be permitted to allow shoppers to step inside their booths this holiday season.
今年假日季，费城市中心圣诞村和”费城制造”集市的商贩将不被允许让顾客进入商亭内部。
Instead, sales counters and other barriers will be added to most booths, making them inaccessible to shoppers and requiring sellers to help customers select merchandise, according to an email that the event organizer, German American Marketing, sent to vendors earlier this week.
根据活动主办方德美营销公司本周初发给商户的邮件，大多数商亭将增设销售柜台等隔断设施，禁止顾客入内，改由摊主协助选购商品。
The change is necessary to ensure the monthlong holiday event at Dilworth and LOVE parks is compliant with the Americans with Disability Act.
此项变更是为了确保在迪尔沃斯公园和爱情公园举办的为期一个月的假日活动符合《美国残疾人法案》。
For shoppers to enter the booths, each booth would need an 8-foot-long ramp, Thomas Bauer, CEO of German American Marketing, wrote in the email, which was shared with PhillyVoice.
德美营销公司CEO托马斯·鲍尔在邮件中解释，若允许顾客进入商亭，每个摊位需配备8英尺（约2.4米）长的斜坡道——该邮件内容已由PhillyVoice获取。
That only would work for some of the wider booths, and the “only option left” is to add the sales counters, Bauer wrote.
鲍尔表示这仅适用于部分较宽敞的商亭，“唯一可行方案”只能是增设销售柜台。
“We tried all reasonable solutions to avoid this step and in having to put you and our staff through executing access support assistance,” Bauer wrote. “But at the end of the day, we can’t avoid it. Simply put, we have to make the booths inaccessible — as we have observed at other Holiday Markets in New York City and Denver."
"我们已尝试所有合理方案来避免这一措施，避免让商户和工作人员提供出入协助服务，“鲍尔写道，“但最终仍无法规避。简言之，必须禁止进入商亭——正如我们在纽约和丹佛其他假日集市观察到的那样。”
A few booths along City Hall “might” be able to utilize the 8-foot-long ramps to allow shoppers inside, Bauer wrote.
鲍尔提及市政厅附近的少数商亭”或许”能使用8英尺斜坡道允许顾客入内。
Bauer told vendors that German American Marketing is “not thrilled” with the change, saying it spent 32 months working with legal experts, the city and disability rights advocates ahead of this decision.
鲍尔向商户表示公司对此变更”并不欣喜”，并指出该决定出台前已与法律专家、市政府及残障权益倡导者进行了32个月的磋商。
At the 2025 market, vendors and Christmas Village staff had temporary ramps that they could place out to accommodate shoppers who used wheelchairs or walkers.
2025年集市期间，商户和圣诞村工作人员曾使用临时斜坡道服务轮椅或助行器使用者。
“Well, it was a great approach, but a very small group of people do not like that they need assistance to enter booths which able bodied don’t need to ask for,” Bauer wrote.
”这原是良好方案，但少数群体不愿接受健全者无需协助即可进入商亭，而自己需要帮助的情况。“鲍尔解释道。
Vendors pay 16,500 for their booths, according to a Reddit post about fees, and Bauer’s email notes that small business owners likely will have to consider adding additional staffers or anticipate lower sales.
根据Reddit平台公布的摊位费信息，商户需支付8,500至16,500美元。鲍尔在邮件中提示小企业主可能需增聘人手或预期销售额下降。
But vendor contracts for this year’s market already have been signed and many already have paid the fee for the year, vendors say.
但商户表示本年度的摊位合同已签署，多数人已完成费用支付。
In an Instagram video, Lindsay Gradel, who sells children’s clothing through her business Sew Much Cooler, said that adding the counter changes the whole layout for vendors and likely will deter sales.
童装品牌Sew Much Cooler店主林赛·格拉德尔在Instagram视频中指出，增设柜台将彻底改变摊位布局并可能影响销量。
Many sellers, she said, won’t have the chance to back out and work at another Christmas market either, because applications for most markets have closed.
她表示多数集市申请已截止，许多卖家既无法退出也难转战其他圣诞集市。
“Somebody who thought, ‘I’m going to make $50,000 for my family this year at the Christmas Village,’ is no longer going to make that money,” she said in the video.
”那些指望’今年在圣诞村为家庭赚取5万美元’的人将无法实现目标，“她在视频中说，“或许只能赚3万——但这些人（主办方）在商户缴完定金、布置好摊位后才通知，实在恶劣。”
Last October, City Council held a hearing on ways to increase accessibility for people with disabilities at city events, with an eye toward Philly’s busy 2026 events schedule.
去年十月，市议会就提升残障人士参与市政活动便利性举行听证会，针对2026年费城密集活动安排进行研讨。
At the hearing, Vicki Landers, founder of the advocacy group Disability Pride Pennsylvania, said Christmas Village is a prime example of the need for better accessibility at events.
残障自豪宾州组织创始人薇姬·兰德斯在听证会上指出，圣诞村正是活动无障碍设施亟待改进的典型案例。
Landers said the ground is uneven, the booths are either too high or too cramped for wheelchair users, there is a lack of navigation resources for the visually impaired and there are no accessible restrooms.
兰德斯指出场地不平整、商亭对轮椅使用者过高或过窄、缺乏视障引导设施及无障碍卫生间等问题。
About 17% of residents in the city have some form of disability, according to city data.
市政数据显示，约17%市民患有不同形式的残疾。
At the hearing, Landers said the lack of accessibility isn’t the fault of individual organizers, but blamed the city for not making accessibility part of the event application and approval processes.
兰德斯强调无障碍缺失非个别主办方之过，而应归咎于市政府未将无障碍要求纳入活动申请审批流程。
“These are not minor oversights, these are barriers, literal and figurative, that prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in city life,” Landers said.
”这些非细小疏忽，而是实质与象征性的障碍，阻碍残障人士充分参与城市生活。”
“This is not just about one event, this is about the city’s systematic failure to enforce its own disability policies."
"这不仅关乎单个活动，更暴露出市政府在落实自身残障政策方面的系统性失职。”
A representative for the city did not immediately return a request for comment.
市政府代表未立即回应置评请求。