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That one isn’t a very happy post.
Obviously, the world has been seriously shaken recently with the financial crisis hitting the world stock markets in October. Since then it has been a series of bad or worse news on TV.
Paris street with Christmas decoration
Okay, I’m usually not gloomy but in this context, and with many many things adding up in my life, making it very busy, it kind of surprised me when I came back late from work one day and noticed the decorations in a street near home.
It was how I realised that we were getting closer to Christmas… That struck me because, in some ways, I had forgotten about it.
Well, I knew the days were getting closer, of course, and I was expecting my vacations to come ASAP. But the Christmas spirit hit me only when I saw the decorations. In fact, this year, there aren’t so many decorations in Paris, except of course at the usual places like the Champs-Elysées or Notre-Dame. I suspect the street near my place to have been decorated by a union of shop owners to attract shoppers.
Just that nobody has shopping in mind these days.
Of course, Christmas is not a consumer celebration in France, but in our consumerist society shopping is crucial…
In any case, please rejoice and give yourself and your joy to those close to you 
Filed under: Europe, France | Tagged: Paris, traditions, winter
