The first snowflakes dusted the Champs-Élysées as Paris unveiled its most enchanting holiday season yet. From mid-November through Epiphany, the city transformed into a Victorian snow globe come to life, with 20 official Christmas markets offering everything from artisanal foie gras cones to AI-designed baubles that changed color with your heartbeat.
This Year's Showstoppers:
- Notre-Dame's Phoenix Tree – A 25-meter-tall masterpiece woven from salvaged oak beams and 8,000 LED fireflies, symbolizing the cathedral's rebirth
- Le Bon Marché's "Frozen" Rink – Where guests skated over real ice sculptures that slowly melted into perfumed water (courtesy of Guerlain)
- The Eiffel Tower's Chocolate Workshop – Temporary patisserie pods at 57 meters up, where participants crafted edible Iron Ladies
Insider's Guide to Holiday Paris:
- Montmartre's Hidden Crèche – A life-sized nativity where local artists posed as living statues (Wednesdays only)
- The 4AM Bakeries – Witness the holy ritual of boulangers making bûche de Noël through fogged-up windows
- New Year's Eve Hack – Skip the crowded Champ de Mars for the Panthéon's dome, where private champagne toasts happened at civilization's height
PrestigeFly's Golden Ticket
Our clients enjoyed:
✓ Private after-hours shopping at Galeries Lafayette's legendary tree
✓ A business-class "Polar Express" package with heated pajamas and in-flight vin chaud tastings
✓ The ultimate réveillon – a 12-course feast inside the Palais Garnier's ghost light
Unwrap your perfect Parisian Noël