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| a little difficult to photograph lights that are 'dashing' across the street |
So, the mairie turned on the Christmas street
lighting and we felt we should do our little bit to bring cheer to our street.
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| the only tree in the street gets attention |
It's not all that common for the french to decorate the outside of their houses for christmas , so we started
with a few poinsettias and a wreath on the door and then added a few simple
lights.
Our french neighbour decided that he wouldn’t be
outdone by the australians across the street and strung some tasteful twinkling
lights across his windows – very pretty.
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| very tasteful at french neighbour's |
We added
lights to our upstairs windows …. just something subtle.
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| "not too much" we thought |
This evening , neighbour was up a ladder trying to place a full sized Christmas tree,
complete with lights, above his door. Graham decided that it was time to be
neighbourly and helped out, especially as it was raining and dark out there.
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| being neighbourly |
The result ….
we are the only two houses in the street with decorations but at least
we feel ‘in the festive mood’ though we have no intention of moving into the class of the Griswolds. We are
celebrating with lunch at our neighbour’s house tomorrow.
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| neighbour's house looking pretty festive |
*** apologies for the quality of the photos, but it's cold, dark and rainy out there....
Joyeux Noêl tout le monde
