Paris shifted into Christmas mode almost immediately after the observance of All Saints’ Day in early November. And The Idiot couldn’t resist being swept up in the holiday hoopla and hullabaloo.
Here’s what Christmas looks and feels like in Paris before Thanksgiving in the U.S. as The Idiot admires Yuletide decorations, enjoys constant holiday/birthday feasts and entertains his grandchildren until Père Noël actually arrives.
A hearty holiday meal with Yannick Hascoet, The Idiot’s favorite entrepreneur, and Luke Stratte-McClure, The Idiot’s favorite blond actor, at Le 39 V occurs before Thanksgiving in Silicon Valley, California.
Paris stores were in Christmas mode before Thanksgiving in New York, New York.
The Idiot had holiday meals with Paris friends, including Francois Moisan whom he met in 1970, before Thanksgiving in Petaluma, California.
The Idiot’s local bakery in Montparnasse was in Christmas mode well before Thanksgiving in Missoula, Montana.
The Idiot didn’t get home until one a.m. after a pre-Thanksgiving “birthday/holiday dinner” in Paris with friends he worked with at “The Paris Metro” in the 1970s.
Christmas trees decorate cheery Paris department stores before Thanksgiving in San Francisco, California.
The Idiot and his 5.18-year-old granddaughter enjoy autumnal colors and walks in Paris parks despite the pre-Thanksgiving Christmas mode.
The Publicis Drugstore on the Champs-Elysees is promoting “Christmas Mountain” photographs before Thanksgiving in Aspen, Colorado.
The Idiot’s 2.55-year-old grandson scooters around Paris and almost ignores the pre-Thanksgiving Christmas hullabaloo. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)
Happiness is Christmas in Paris before it’s Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The idiot had a celebratory birthday/holiday lunch with Carolyn Pfaff, an Australian friend happy to be in a cold climate for pre-Thanksgiving Christmas.
The lobby at The Peninsula Hotel in Paris before Thanksgiving in Beverly Hills, California.
The Idiot had a festive catch-up lunch with Tarja Terrail, a Finnish friend whose son heads La Tour d’Argent restaurant in Paris, to ponder the insanity of Christmas in Paris before it’s Thanksgiving in Miami, Florida.
Christmas tree bulbs blend with live plants at a Paris florist before it’s Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s 5.18-year-old granddaughter, and Baby Gogo, The Idiot’s 2.55-year-old grandson, love to eat French fries at the Coffee Club in Montparnasse before both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s 5.18-year-old granddaughter, discusses the Idiocy of celebrating Christmas in Paris before it’s Thanksgiving in her former hometown of Hollywood, California.
Follow