I've made our christmas cake and decorated the tree.
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| these strange decorated tree branches have popped up all along the street |
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| decorated pine cones make a tree for the carpark |
The
commune workers have strung the christmas lights and put out their home made christmas
trees in the street gardens in Port Ste
Foy. Obviously the mairie has a very limited budget for such things so a little imagination has transformed what they have freely available - that is, pine cones and tree branches, In Ste Foy they’ve put out small white christmas trees along the main street and decorated everything that doesn’t
move with gold ribbon and bows.
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| everything sparkles |
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| do these represent angels ? |
There’s
to be a marché de noël ( christmas market) starting next week and a marché
gourmand (foodie market) on christmas eve and new year’s eve ,and you can have
your photo taken with santa on 23rd outside the mairie in Ste Foy.
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| the giant snowman in the supermarket carpark |
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| the main square in Ste Foy |
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| gold, gold and more gold |
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| even the florist has made an effort |
We
haven’t heard the bell ringing from our local church for some time. Apparently
there has been water damage to the belfry over many years and the mairie has
finally found the funds for the repairs. We should be hearing ‘Jacqueline’ , as
the bell is called, ringing out for Christmas this year.
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| view from the belfry |
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the church tucked in behind the musée de fleuve
et vin (river and wine museum) |
Having a quiet vin chaud (hot mulled wine) with friends at the saturday market when we were treated to a performance by the local male choir. Very christmassy.
Joyeux Noël à tous nos amis
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