Joyeux Noël!! Our Christmas in Paris started out with hearing all the church bells ringing at midnight as we laid in bed. We had thought about going to a midnight mass, but were too exhausted, but what a unique way to bring in Christmas!
Once we got up later in the morning (I've found that all our guests, and us, sleep WAY later in France than usual), I turned on the TV to see what, if anything, was playing Christmas morning. We did stumble across a made-for-TV Hallmark movie called Du Memories de Père Noël dubbed in French which was amusing.
After opening gifts under our sapin de Noël (surprisingly still fairly alive after 4 weeks of not watering it) we went to Notre Dame and happened to arrive as a mass was starting. It was very crowded just to get in (though there were quite a few seats still available for the 6:30pm mass). Also for some reason the Christmas tree in front of Notre Dame wasn't lit. Not sure why since it was lit up all the other nights.
We wandered around for a while until eating dinner and I got my turkey finally! It was one of the specials of the day, and while it was covered in cream and came with rice, it was stuffed roast turkey!! I had to have escargots for my appetizer though. It was a special occasion and all.
For those visiting over Christmas, most things are closed, but there are a good number of cafe's open (especially around tourist sites) so you'll have no trouble finding something to eat.
Unfortunately during dinner it started to pour rain so it was a wet walk to the metro station home, but all in all it was a great and very unique Christmas. Joyeux Noël!
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