Christmas in Paris 2015

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Although it is impossible to forget the recent tragic events, life goes on. Lots of people have planned trips to Paris at Christmas all year, and most of them are still coming. So I figure that I'll do what I can to post some cheerful images for the next couple of weeks. First off this year are the Christmas windows of Printemps on Boulevard Haussmann.

Printemps cheated a bit this year and have had these overhead decorations up since summer, purportedly to celebrate their 150th anniversary.







Last year's recurring character was a Burberry's teddy bear. This year we have a Christmas fairy showing up in all of the windows.











The usual homeless people also put themselves on display in all of the doorways as soon as the department stores close.

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And here is my video of the Printemps windows.

[tod2]

Absolutely wonderful, delightful, mesmerizing, and much better windows than last year.
I love seeing the puppet strings catch the light. It reminds me there are several geniuses at work on their computers, getting it all so perfect.
A wonderful video Kerouac and I'm glad to see the 'overhead' decorations light up. When I saw them in daylight they did not look as good.

[whatagain]

I was there last week, and you really take much better pics than myself :-)

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Nice and pink! I kind of like the fairies.

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Galeries Lafayette was wrapped in bleu-blanc-rouge.





Its window theme is not as warm and cuddly as in previous years.





































And here is the video of that.



As far as I'm concerned, this year the winner is...

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Obviously, the Christmas tree inside Galeries Lafayette never rarely disappoints.







Moving on to another location, the Forum des Halles keeps its style as resolutely modern as ever.

[bixaorellana]

Ooooooooo ~ fun and magical as ever! You make such good videos, too.

I can see why you declared Printemps the winner, but I absolutely adore the Galeries Lafayette displays, especially the jellyfish thingy. Very cool space effects and that camera effect is great. I do think they might have nixed the storm troopers -- way too chilling in light of recent events.

I also very much like the sleek and frosty feel of the Forum des Halles decorations.

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Les Halles looks all spiffed up with the decorations and red carpet.

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They have to change the red carpet about every 2 days because it gets so filthy.

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I can believe it! I find it very surprising that it's even there.

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Kerouac, those photos are very nice. The colors are excellent!

I bet the GL staff are extremely sorry they went with the Star Wars theme. The whole thing must have cost a fortune, not to mention the licensing fees. The use of the storm troopers in the displays is very unfortunate,

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I finally found myself on the Champs Elysées after dark. The Cartier building is bathed in red with a big bow, just like every year.



The Drugstore Publicis across the street has a very elaborate lighting system, which constantly changes.

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[bixaorellana]

Pretty! I wonder what it looks like from space. With all those lights, it must be easy to see even from very high up. I love the drugstore.

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[mossie]

I like the stars at the end.

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That's the discreet display of avenue Montaigne.

[nycgirl]

I love your annual holiday coverage. These displays are so festive, they must really brighten everyone's day. Although I agree the robed Star Wars figure looks out of place.

Fabulous GL tree, as always.