Paris, as a rule, rarely receives any snow ❄️ at all. At most, 24 hours in the odd year. Never mind. Snow ❄️is an essential ingredient for the winter holidays. Most Parisians left town last weekend in search of snow ❄️. Solli even went to Sweden. True she is Swedish, but never mind that.
Across the street department store BHVis a having their own snow ❄️celebration.
Plus Swiss red🇨🇭flags. On the 3rd floor you can get Lindt chocolate balls in many colors. True, you can get them everywhere else, but never mind that.
They do have a real Swiss coucou clockavailable! Tic Tock
Back over at the Christmas marchè, cute French kiddies are objecting to having their winter scarves tied correctly. People are lining up
Big lines for the snack chalet too. This French mom is teaching her kiddie how to eat ‘barbe de papa’/candy cotton. There is a correct way to do everything in France.
Now I have my own lit-up balloon flickering away - my Christmas 🎄 tree of sorts 😊 *If you are not a letter subscriber you can get your own Snowy ❄️ Eiffel Tower on Etsy. 🐻Bear wishes you a lovely 🧣 holiday🎄 where ever you are dear ❤️ PBers ❤️💋🍫❄️🎁🎄🇨🇭🇫🇷🍷
Lovely post to end the season. Those flickering balloons are awesome.🎄
ReplyDeleteMeilleurs Voeux Carol..Beautiful aquarelle..
ReplyDeleteLove those balloons!
Lovely brings back my memories of spending Christmas in Paris !
ReplyDeleteI love the balloons, too!
ReplyDelete🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas, Carol! 💕💕💕
ReplyDeleteBeautiful watercolor of the couple on the bench…you make snow, autumn leaves, and apple blossoms fly about La Tour Eiffel…each more beautiful than the last. ❤️
ReplyDeleteAgree that Hôtel de Ville is exceptionally beautiful this year. Precious French enfant watching is de rigueur. I could spend hours at the carousel.
LOVE that you bought the balloon, Carol. Wish I had been following you home, videoing all the way. We could make our own holiday version of Red Balloon. Enjoy your balloon. So less messy than a tree.
Love your aquarelle and that balloon is really special and fun. What are the colored ND replicas made of?
ReplyDeleteHappy, Happy Christmas, and many Thanks for sharing your beautiful Paris pictures with us, it all brings back special memories for me. Much love
ReplyDeleteSuki…I don’t know what colored replicas are??
ReplyDeleteI googled it and I still don’t get it ;((
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCharmant!!!
ReplyDeleteJoyeux Noel à vous!!!!
I love how you capture the specific moods. I can picture the corner you describe...and seeing a French mother teaching her child how to (properly) eat cotton candy! So true
ReplyDeleteI think the colored replicas are candles made to look like Norte Dame
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Carol! I love your letter, we still have fake snow here in Australia so feel free to add it to any Paris paintings. The balloon is very cool, enjoy as your tree replacement. Here at my house we have a 'Christmas piano' where we put most of our decorations on our piano or hanging from the top edge - no tree needed, even have some lights we put along the top too.
ReplyDeleteThis is so playful, wonderful, that scarf on that little girl look torturous. That cotton candy was as big as the kid. So fun thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you Ga 👏
ReplyDeleteThose are wax Notre Dame candles Suki
I hope they’re not soap!
Joyeux Noël à toi🎄💚🇫🇷❤️
ReplyDeletePassez une bonne journée!
Santé!
Thanks, Carol for bringing Paris memories into my life throughout the year. Health and happiness to you. Your buche de noel map was a special holiday card for my friends.
ReplyDeleteSally
...you can have the snow! Je prefer Soleil even is chilly & windy! Merry Xmas & merci for all your notes!
ReplyDeleteOh I would much rather be where its sunny
ReplyDeleteEspecially in gloomy ole Paris today!
The Riviera!!
Thanks so much for these wonderful scenes of Christmas! After almost three years living in Paris, I had to return to Houston — where it’s 79 degrees and sunny today!
ReplyDeleteOneof your pictures shows several colored Notre Dames and they look almost translucent. I just wondered what they were made of - plastic, ice.
ReplyDeleteGot it - I love them and they’re even more special as candles.
ReplyDeleteJoyeux Noel à vous...!!
ReplyDeleteCarol, thank you for the Christmas cheer.
ReplyDeleteLove
Annie
Thank you for the lovely post!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are enjoying the holidays as much as it appears!
Thank you Cindy 😊
ReplyDeleteIf I didn't have to post regularly on Parisbreakfast and create letters on the holidays where would I be??
Many thanks for a great year with all your Paris news & your art. They made my year a happy one. J’taime
ReplyDeleteI hope your Christmas Day was Merry and Bright. Those balloons are the BEST! Before my friend moved, he lived on Rue du Temple and BHV was "my store" and stomping grounds. It's fun to see the marche and windows. Makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteHappiest new year to you!