Sweet Sunday

 Chocolate-laced rugelach take center stage on the counter of a bakery in the Marais district.

 

Place Vendôme

 

Christmas lights light up Place Vendôme.

 

Peace on Earth

 

May this Christmas be blessed with great happiness, health, prosperity and peace on earth.

 Above: magnificent crèche de Noël inside the church of Saint Paul

Below: the Christmas tree 

 

 

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Some of the best Nativity-scene hopping in Paris right now:

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre

Église de la Madeleine

Église Saint-Pierre du Gros Caillou

Église Saint-Eustache

Èglise Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Èglise Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle

Église Saint-Leon

Église Saint-Francis-Xavier

Église Notre-Dame de Nazareth

Église Saint-Joseph Artisan

Paroisse Sainte-Marie des Batignolles

Paroisse Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

A small reward

 

 

A classic dating from the 1600s Profiteroles derives its name from "profit," a type of small gratifying reward that arrives at the end a large gratifying meal. - BPJ

 

Below: hot melted chocolate poured over choux pastry filled with vanilla bean ice cream creates a chaud-froid sensation

 

 

 

Twinkly

A touch of twinkle brightens a café near the beautiful old Pont Marie.

 

Wine Wednesday

 

A wine tasting set up at a back street market lures passersby.

Tower Tuesday

Glimpse of the towers of the Church of Saint Sulpice.