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December 08, 2003
Christmas spirit
Dave Barry has produced another fine gem, this time on the topic of Christmas in town.
I'm happy to say that local towns in my area (Massongy, Douvaine, Sciez, Thonon) have for the most part not fallen into this trap. It's clear that the french love Christmas, and each town has lights on lamps etc. and usually a nice large decorated tree. Homes and stores, however, are generally very restrained.
When I look out my window in the evening, the only lights I see are house and street lights in the town below us (Sciez) and on the slopes of the Jura mountains across the lake.
And yet, the people I meet these days are somehow generally more cheerful, and I see that most homes have trees and/or lights in the windows. It's nice, somehow much warmer and friendlier than the 'outline every straight line in lights' school of Christmas decoration.
On the other hand, my tree still cost me 40 bucks, so some big-city habits still hold in the country.
Posted by Michael at December 8, 2003 10:27 AM
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