Christmas windows of Boulevard Haussmann in Paris
Nov 25th, 2013, 03:09 AM
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What a beautiful video. When did the decorations go up in Galleries Lafayette? I'm interested because we are going to Paris again next November (from 11/4 - 11/11 and I hope we will get to see the decorations. I am sure my wife will be making her required pilgrimage to Galleries Lafayette and Printemps - decorations or not.
Nov 25th, 2013, 04:43 AM
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The decorations tend to go up the first week of November so you will probably be able to see them.
Note to others: I just added some photos of rue de la Paix and Place Vendôme to my report, but actually most Christmas decorations are not yet up in Paris. I'm holding off going to the Champs Elysées for a few more days...
Note to others: I just added some photos of rue de la Paix and Place Vendôme to my report, but actually most Christmas decorations are not yet up in Paris. I'm holding off going to the Champs Elysées for a few more days...
Dec 3rd, 2013, 03:20 PM
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Thank you for sharing. The windows are beautiful. When I was young the large department store downtown had some amazing windows. On the 12th floor was Winter Wonderland. Many of the displays in your photos remind me of that floor. Sadly that store is now a cement slab.
Dec 3rd, 2013, 09:43 PM
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I'm in Paris this week Christmas shopping (tagging along on a work trip with DH), and practically had each beautiful window all to myself at Galeries Lafayette, in the middle of a sunny afternoon! Quite surprising. No crowds to view the "magical and ephemeral" tree light show inside, either. A few more people at Printemps, but nothing at all like I've experienced in NYC.
Dec 5th, 2013, 11:40 AM
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I will be updating the full (Anyport) thread with a bunch more "Christmas in Paris" photos soon, so I will be starting a new report then about "Christmas in Paris 2013" instead of just "Boulevard Haussmann."
Dec 6th, 2013, 10:24 PM
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On the contrary, it is probably the day when the most people go to see the windows -- especially when kids need to be removed from the house for a few hours while some fancy cooking is being done. And of course, the windows are also in operation on Sundays when the stores are closed -- from now until Christmas, the stores will be open on Sunday anyway.
Dec 12th, 2013, 08:40 PM
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Kerouac, thanks for the information about the windows on Christmas Day; I am glad that they will be performing then. We will be in Paris for almost a week before Christmas, leaving on the 26th for a couple of days in Strasbourg, Metz, and Colmar and a few days in Switzerland. Planning to hit the markets and hopefully go to some of the Christmas concerts. The last several years we have been in Paris the first week of December and have seen several announcements for concerts in the days before Christmas; hope we spot those notices this time. Other than packing, we will not have much to do on Christmas, so viewing the windows should be fun. I know the Christmas Eve midnight mass at Notre-Dame is reputed to be a madhouse; is the 11:00 veille likely to be any less packed? We have been to a regular Sunday morning service at Saint-Sulpice (which has been my favorite Paris church since 1988) but the music did not seem quite as impressive as at Notre-Dame, so we may try it anyway. Thanks again for the info.
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