Hot chocolate or mulled spiced wine is sold at this booth in a Christmas market in our neighbourhood.
Pere Noel bonnets are sold from this stall.
Lighted paper lanterns at the Christmas market.
Shoppers stroll through the annual Christmas market.
Trees along both sides of the street are strung with lights, echoing those on the Champs Elysees.
Starbursts of red adorn rue Jean-Baptiste Clement.
I want to live there! So lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Rosa | 25 December 2007 at 04:43
Can I get one of those mulled wines...to go???? I love mulled wine. Happy Holidays Tara.
Posted by: My Melange | 24 December 2007 at 16:50
Oh, I'd definitely need some hot chocolate. That copper kettle is gorgeous. Tara, your photographs capture Paris so beautifully. You make me feel as if I'm almost there. Thank you and Merry Christmas from Austin Texas! :-)
Posted by: Dawn | 24 December 2007 at 07:05
I came back for a second look here. I love these photos.
The large copper kettle must hold the mulled wine! I would love a glass.Xo
Gillian
Posted by: Gillian @ Indigo Blue | 23 December 2007 at 22:25
Oooh, so festive. Thanks for the beautiful glimpses.
Happy, happy holidays to you and yours!
Posted by: fleur | 23 December 2007 at 21:37
I watched the trees along the Champs Elysees being flocked my first Christmas in Paris (1992). Thanks for bringing that memory back to me.
-Stacey
Posted by: Stacey Sanders | 23 December 2007 at 19:29
Tara you manage to capture so much atmosphere and joie de vivre with your photographs..your eye catches through the camera lens what a passerby would see!
Posted by: sherry | 23 December 2007 at 16:34
The hustle and bustle of the Christmas spirit is in the air!
I want to Thank You for the lovley card and tag!
May the spirit of Christmas leave its rich blessings in the hearts of you and yours! hugs NG
Posted by: naturegirl | 23 December 2007 at 15:29
So very lovely my friend.
I love going on your tours with you.
Merry Christmas
Love Jeanne
Posted by: Jeanne | 23 December 2007 at 11:22
Have a wonderful Christmas, Tara. Lovely photos!
Bonnie
Posted by: khambagirl | 23 December 2007 at 10:09
Joyeux Noël Tara!
Posted by: meredith | 23 December 2007 at 09:09
Joyeux Noël Tara!
Posted by: meredith | 23 December 2007 at 09:09
Tara....what a magical Christmas market.
Those lanterns! and I need to find a Pere Noel bonnet for the big blue rooster!
Posted by: stephanie | 23 December 2007 at 07:07
Such vivid photos I can almost taste the chocolat chaud! Merry Christmas to you, Tara--
xox
Posted by: patry | 23 December 2007 at 03:19
OHHH MYYY! OHHH! OH! THis is so beautiful! THank you so very, VERY much! I keep looking ha ! ..Oh... I can imagine selling mulled wine on the street in Charleston! ha ha ! It might make some people nicer! heh heh!! Well ...hey ...We do use the copper kettles here to make pralines! ...
Posted by: Pam Aries | 23 December 2007 at 01:16
Thanks for sharing your pictures of Christmas in Paris - it looks magical! Best holiday wishes to you and yours, Tara!
Posted by: Jacqueline | 23 December 2007 at 00:46
Your posts are always so lovely, I feel like I am there enjoying all the beauty! Thank you!
Merriest Christmas and Happiest of New Years to you!
xoxo
Posted by: melissa @ the inspired room | 23 December 2007 at 00:15
Brilliant!
Oh! To stroll those roads with a coffee in hand....
xo
Gillian
Posted by: Gillian @ Indigo Blue | 22 December 2007 at 23:28
So beautiful and inviting. Thanks for sharing all year long and for being so supportive. Hope your new year not only brings delight to you and yours but attention and resolution to some of the issues you have brought from the tip of your remarkable pen to my attention. (heart) leau
Posted by: Leau | 22 December 2007 at 22:39
How lovely all the lights look against the night sky. Isn't Christmas a state of mind, of joy, and not a day. I always think so. It is so much fun to walk the streets where you live with you!
Posted by: Mary T. | 22 December 2007 at 20:42
I've seen a lot of those Santa Claus caps around -- it seems to be the thing for kids to wear them to school on the last day before "les vacances scolaires." Certainly I saw nothing like here a decade back...
Posted by: Betty C. | 22 December 2007 at 20:13
Wonderful holidays Tara !!! wonderful little christmas market and this hot chocolate !!!miam miam
Posted by: le petit cabinet de curiosites | 22 December 2007 at 19:27
I have somewhat similar feelings during Diwali!
Wishing you laughter,love, joy and much peace for Christmas and coming New Year!
Much power to your pen too!
Posted by: gautami | 22 December 2007 at 19:19
i love xmas markets the more when they are not that crowded as in your neighborhood. it looks so calm, lovely to shop there.
however i wonder how you manage to be in london and paris visiting xmas markets in both cities at the same time, tara??!!
;))
Posted by: marita | 22 December 2007 at 18:43
Happy Holidays Tara, all the best~ Robyn
Posted by: robyn | 22 December 2007 at 18:03
You have made my absence from Paris this Christmas just a bit easier with your fabulous photos. Have a great Christmas and love to David
Di & Harvey
xoxo
Posted by: Di Overton | 22 December 2007 at 17:08
Now, how can I just get there in the blink of an eye? That is what I am looking for. I LOVE the paper lanterns... I am looking for a place all lit up ready for the holidays... I am so glad I can live vicariously through you!!!! No major lights in the hills in the country!! ;) xoxooxox
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | 22 December 2007 at 16:14