CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY OF LIGHT D
o your holiday plans include a visit to Paris? Our friends at Visit Paris Region
have shared a list of mustsee sights during the festive season. THE MAGIC OF DEPARtMENT STORE WINDOWS Christmas in Paris is not really Christmas without a trip to admire the windows of the Parisian department stores. Faced with the animated scenes, parents fall back into childhood while their children dream of enchanted worlds before enjoying the many activities on offer inside the shops. For the end of the year celebrations, Father Christmas becomes Mr. Loyal and takes his troupe on an extravagant tour to offer
young and old the most unexpected of shows. The artist Olaf Hajek transforms the windows of Printemps Haussmann into an extraordinary Christmas circus. All along the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann is getting back in touch with literature by inviting novelist Claire Castillon to imagine an original tale: Planet Christmas. Illustrated by Florent Chavouet, Planet Christmas tells the story of Nordmann, an inhabitant of Elato, the planet of the wild
trees, who is sent to Earth to save Annie’s Christmas. The magical fairy-tale comes to life throughout the shop, from the windows on boulevard Haussmann to the top floor. An unexpected encounter where Christmas shines like nowhere else, under a glass dome known all over the world! To bring the magic of the end of the year 2022 to life, the Samaritaine is putting on a show and transforming itself into a dance floor where a giant Christmas tree is enthroned.