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| A bay leaf wreath from one of our trees |
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy
new year, best wishes. It’s in all the shop windows and on everyone’s lips so
it must be that time of year. The commune workers have strung lights in all the streets, there's an ice skating rink in front of le mairie (town hall) and the christmas market has come and gone - thank goodness.
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| Our house |
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| In our street |
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| On the bridge |
We’ve bought a Christmas tree and
decorated it. We’ve lit lots of candles around the house. We’ve tried making
vin chaud (mulled wine) and we’ve already eaten the Christmas cake that I made
a few weeks back. We’ve even done some Christmas shopping – lots of champagne
to give away to friends. We have given the guys at the dechetterie a box of
chocolates and the postman a bottle of scotch.
We bought ourselves some boots at the local shoe shop on Friday and were given a bottle of champagne as a Christmas gift. Only in France.
We’ve had friends here for drinks, and joined them for dinners at local cafes, been to an afternoon
Christmas party ( driving home at night in the dark on country roads is not popular at this time of year ). Now
for a quiet Christmas day at home in front of the fire with lots of booze,
smoked salmon, foie gras, duck stuffed with cepes, and a lovely fruit tart from the patisserie if there’s any
room left.
We hope it's a joyous christmas for all our friends too.
joyeuses fêtes à tous nos amis
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