Christmas Eve at Angelina, Sebastien Gaudard, Ritz Chalet de Noël

 

As requested more Paris Christmas🌲 I was headed to the Toy Museum in Poissy yesterday, after a dip 🏊🏽‍♀️in the pool. Going to a toy museum around Christmas is always a good idea, but there were perturbations on ligne RER A😧

Change of plans and back to Paris on ligne 1, getting off at Tuilleries.

Impossible not to look in at Angelina nearby. The usual mayhem. For Christmas Eve there was TWO lines waiting. 

I didn't go in, but squeezed up close to the windows. Beautiful Büche de Noel this year and a meringue tower.

Walking up rue de Rivoli, the Tuileries Christmas fair was in full swing.

Turning onto rue des Pyramides, Sebastien Gaudard’s salon de thé on the corner

Inside some of the best, classic Büche de Noëls I’ve seen yet. I was tempted. They are open today. It’s not too late to get a chocolate log.

There were other window browsers out looking on Christmas Eve. Balenciaga had Christmas trees 🎄 made of expensive rags…

Enfin beautiful Place Vendôme 

For the Ritz Chalet de Noël.

Not much of a line this year since they were mostly selling gift items, plus tea and vin chaud/hot mulled wine.

But no hot chocolate☕️😯 I only got a chocolate-filled madeleine. 

I decided to take a look inside the Ritz 😊

The Ritz Christmas tree is known to be one of the best in Paris. Still I was admonished by the guard, 

“Are you taking a picture of the tree? Only the tree?” 

“Yes”, I said standing in front of the tree with my iPad open. 

Duh 

“And what else?” he asked. 

“I’m going to the gift shop”. Always a great excuse to waltz through the Ritz since it’s deep inside near the back entrance.

 Ipassed on the Ritz’s special Christmas 🎄 coffrets/gift boxes🎁 in their boutique.

Outside I considered getting a hot chocolate at The Ritz Comptoir…but the line was long.

More lines of last minute shoppers outside Dior on rue Cambon. Why am I surprised? I went into Pierre Hermé’s shop but it was just macarons. No mini Büches de Noël for me 😯

An attractive fuzzy, sparkly sweater set in Burberry’s window. Could be very warm. Could also break the bank (5.5k €) That’s a lot of logs 🪵 or Büches.

A quick pop into bookstore W.H.Smith on rue Cambon

For some British Christmas cheer. Did you know they have a kitchen section 👏 Not just books 📚 They closed early at 6 for Christmas Eve. Outside at Concorde Metro it was drizzling. This was my 1st Christmas Eve outside in Paris. Thank you PBers. Thanks for reading Parisbreakfast. You can help support Bear by subscribing to Paris letters and maps,  😊🙏 Have a grand day ❤️💋🐻 xoxo from Paris