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Early Dec: Salon Nautique International. International
boat show.
Early Dec: Nocturne des Boutiques du Comité Vendôme.
Some of the expensive boutiques around Place Vendôme
stay open late to encourage Christmas shopping.
24 Dec: Réveillon (Christmas Eve). Feast at midnight, with
traditional offerings such as oysters, foie gras, truffles,
marrons glacés
(glazed sweet chestnuts) and, of course, the
bûche de Noël
(log cake). Midnight mass at city churches.
25 Dec: Noël (Christmas)
—a national holiday. Turkey with
chestnuts is a specialty.
31Dec: Midnight festivities on New Year's Eve.
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