Christmas in October... This is what happens when your country doesn't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving.As I was walking downtown at 6:30 this morning (had to get to the train station to be in Nice at 8 a.m. despite the routine Thursday bus strikes), a new thought occurred to me.
Downtown Antibes has transformed over night!
I couldn't quite figure it out, until I realized that every major street has strings of Christmas lights! "But Monique, how can you be so sure those are in fact Christmas lights?" you may find yourself asking.
And I would reply something to the effect of, "I guess this is totally coincidental, but the lights are arranged in strange shapes of pine trees and ornament-like globes."
Really, Antibes? It's barely October!
The really exciting thing about this is that I'm going to be ready for Christmas for the next three months now! Even Nice was picking up on the trend as street vendors stood on the corner selling bags of roasted nuts. Supposedly come closer to winter, they'll start selling chestnuts (roasting on an open fire? I sure hope so).
Another exciting prospect for the month of December are all the festivals going on in Antibes that month. Beginning the second week of December, there's going to be a Bûche de Noël and Chocolat Chaud festival, sooo excited for that!
However, it's still pretty hard to get in the Christmas spirit on the beach -- when the temperatures are sunny and in the high 70s.
So until then, I've tentatively set plans with one of the girls from Cannes to join up this weekend. We may go shopping in downtown Cannes Saturday afternoon, grab dinner, and then find a bar to watch France in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals!
Downtown Antibes has transformed over night!
I couldn't quite figure it out, until I realized that every major street has strings of Christmas lights! "But Monique, how can you be so sure those are in fact Christmas lights?" you may find yourself asking.
And I would reply something to the effect of, "I guess this is totally coincidental, but the lights are arranged in strange shapes of pine trees and ornament-like globes."
Really, Antibes? It's barely October!
The really exciting thing about this is that I'm going to be ready for Christmas for the next three months now! Even Nice was picking up on the trend as street vendors stood on the corner selling bags of roasted nuts. Supposedly come closer to winter, they'll start selling chestnuts (roasting on an open fire? I sure hope so).
Another exciting prospect for the month of December are all the festivals going on in Antibes that month. Beginning the second week of December, there's going to be a Bûche de Noël and Chocolat Chaud festival, sooo excited for that!
However, it's still pretty hard to get in the Christmas spirit on the beach -- when the temperatures are sunny and in the high 70s.
So until then, I've tentatively set plans with one of the girls from Cannes to join up this weekend. We may go shopping in downtown Cannes Saturday afternoon, grab dinner, and then find a bar to watch France in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals!
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It's official.
You've become too fabulous to hang out with me.
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