Monday, December 17, 2012

Les Décorations


Last January I noticed that many of the cafés and restaurants had added festive decorations over their signage.  Today, I'm sharing not ONE but THREE photos. Consider it an early Christmas gift, or  perhaps a  Christmas miracle!


21 comments:

Kate said...

All of them are indeed festive, esp because of the colours. Today I think I'll look for red ornaments to decorate my crabapple tree in the front yard. Decorating it for Easter was a big hit so i assume it will be as festive as the ornaments on your post today. But, alas, the pretty snowfall has almost disappeared.

LaPouyette said...

Simply charming!
Beautiful images!
karin

French Girl in Seattle said...

Bonjour V. I love your blog banner, by the way! Very festive :-) Thank goodness for all these cheerful Holiday decorations on Parisian stores and boutiques. I can't imagine how grey and depressing the city would be without them in January (January and February were always my least favorite months of the year while I lived in Paris-- and the same goes for Seattle now. Go figure...) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

Kiki said...

Virginia; I have the same photos.... :) Need I say more? Naaah, we both know that we love them... Happy Days!!!

Amanda said...

Virginia, I haven't been to France during Christmas for over 20 years (by choice since I hate cold, grey weather). I know that when I grew up there, Christmas decorations were put up just few days before December 24th. Is it different now? In the US, some people put up their decorations around Thanksgiving and stores already have theirs for sale in September.

Agnieszka Korzeniewska said...

Beautiful decorations!

Dianne said...

Les décorations en rouge .... just perfect!

Virginia said...

Nadege, I was there the week before Thanksgiving once and they were fully decorated. I have been there as late as the third week in Jan. and decorations like this were still up but Galeries Lafayette had taken down their windows.

Amanda said...

Thank you Virginia! I wonder what individuals, not businesses do. I guess I will ask my family. All my nieces and 1 nephew have kids. It makes sense to keep lights and decorations around for a while just for the color and happiness they bring during the gloomy weather of winter. It does bring cheerfulness.

Alexa said...

There's something rather delicate about all of these—just lovely, V. Merci!

Starman said...

I wonder if the same person decorated all three places?

Mary said...

Oooo! Triple thank you. They're all beautiful, but i love the first one best. So much gorgeous red! :)

Vreni said...

I was thinking exactly the same as Starman. Or is this THE way to decorate your shop/café in Paris? I will find it out!

Paulita said...

Charming. They add so much to already great signs. I love your close up photos from underneath. Thanks for playing along Here’s my Dreaming of France meme

Petrea Burchard said...

I like these, with the twigs and colorful balls. I'll see what I can work up at home. We have lots of twigs.

Jack said...

Nice Christmas decorations. Certainly different from the average fare over here.

Anne said...

Love the wild branches and the old stone. As if a hawk built a nest and added ornaments... Joyeux Noel!

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Connie said...

Hello Virginia, I have not visited for a while, but I am having a wonderful time going your your winter photos . . . Awesome . . . thank you for sharing.
Your blogging sister, Connie :)

Jeanie said...

They're all beautiful, Virginia! And elegant!

Gunn said...

Stylish and very very pretty!:)