A Chic Paris Holiday Season – Day 24 – Treats for After the Big Day?

 December 26, 2020

Fiona Ferris encourages us to have something to look forward to in her book, A Chic and Simple Christmas. The idea is that we have all of the holiday excitement and build-up to experience but we might also enjoy some type of treat after the actual Christmas Day festivities. Ordinarily, I would have some kind of trip planned. Here in France with the nation still watching rising CoVid-19 case numbers, a quick trip is not really on my possibilities list.

Instead of having a bigger treat to look forward to, I am building a list of smaller treats to enjoy for the period between Christmas day and New Year’s Day.  Today, my lovely treat was meeting some friends in the Tuilleries garden and sharing good company and even better conversation as we walked. (We called it a Boxing Day get-together.) The Tuilleries garden offers beautiful views of the Louvre palace and the Musee d’Orsay across the river as well as lovely walking paths. Today was sunny and cold and perfect for a leisurely stroll! We finally ended up across the rue de Louvre for cups of hot chocolate at my favorite crepe stall.