Christmas in France

Christmas in France! It seems a little less commercial  than in the US but you still hear a good amount of Brenda Lee signing  "rockin' around the Christmas tree." Speaking of which Parisians appear to eschew 'natural' looking trees for ones coated in fake snow or even more conceptual trees (vive la difference!)

Paris has a good number of decorated streets and Christmas markets. The Christmas markets aren't too different from ones in New York except for street food they sell hot wine, crepes, and chestnuts roasted over an open fire.  Mary and I enjoy walking through them, crepes are great but chestnuts turned out to be a bit of a let down  after Nat King Cole's build up.

A side note; don't believe all the 'bad weather' hype you hear in the states. We've a bit of snow but barely an inch or two. There must be something in the conversion to metric, because airports closed for days and people slept in train stations rather than go home. But don't worry, the only danger is wet feet (though I guess if you're not used to any snow, a little bit causes a lot of problems!!).

Finally, Merry Christmas all! We'll be taking a little vacation from blogging for the next week but we'll post more exciting stuff in the New Year!