It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas I

A couple of days ago we noticed the Christmas lights are on at Avenue de Ternes, the busy commercial street off Avenue de Wagram, where we live, and at Rue de Courcelles, near the kids' school.

And today was the official lighting of the Christmas lights on Champs Elysees. We were there at 6:30 pm to see them go on. As were many others, since this seems to be a major event. This year they went with rings placed around the trees that line the beautiful avenue, which change color every few seconds.

La Roue de Paris has also been set up at the end of Champs Elysees. This is the Ferris wheel that was used for the Millennium celebrations and now comes back to Paris each year to illuminate the Place de la Concorde. We plan to ride it one of these days.