Throwback Thursday

 

 

A stern yet festive Nutcracker keeps watch over merry crowds behind Tuileries gates.

Walnut (and chestnut) Wednesday

 

Bins of walnuts and chestnuts at the Christmas market on Place des Abbesses.

Market Monday

Marchés de Noël 2023

Above: a Christmas market on Place des Abbesses

 

Market-ing

Still time to catch some Christmas markets in Paris

Above: Place des Abbesses, Montmartre

 

 

Blue hue

Illuminated in blue the Hôtel de Ville with its Christmas village on the square ends today.

Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville (Mairie de Paris)

75004 Paris 

Tuileries Christmas

 

Food rules at the enormous Marché de Noël at the Tuileries gardens.

 

Ice skating, ambling Père(s) Noël, tastings, Ferris Wheel, more.

 

 Above:  specialties of Alsace; pasta Carbonara in a parmesan cheese wheel

 

 

Ends Sunday January 2, 2022

Marché de Noël

 Today is the last day to visit this magical artisan Christmas market in the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Above: stalls selling everything from toasted marrons and macarons to arts and crafts

Below: hot soups by the bol; Santa spotting on a nearby corner

 

Square René-Viviani
79 rue Galande 75005

Deck the hall

Paris' main town hall, l'Hôtel de Ville, ready for the holidays. 

Below: chestnuts roasting on an open square; Christmas market

Once upon a market

Fairytale artisan Christmas market on Square René-Viviani last year.

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For 2020 markets see Paris Christmas Markets

Christmas market

A small Christmas market outside l'Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Merry markets

Christmas markets were set up on church squares all over the city.

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In this month's newsletter
Nouveautés

The singer

Man plays guitar to backdrop of a Christmas market on Place des Abbesses.