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November
It's nippy now, especially in northern France, and many sights switch to shorter,
winter opening hours. Lots of restaurants close two nights a week, making dining
out on Monday a challenge in some towns.
Beaujolais Nouveau
At precisely the stroke of the midnight on the third Thursday in November the first
bottles of cherry-red Beaujolais
nouveau
wine are cracked open - and what a party
it can be in Beaujolais, Lyon and other places nearby!
December
Days are short and it is cold everywhere bar the south of France. But there are
Christmas school holidays and festive celebrations to bolster sun-deprived souls,
not to mention some season-opening winter skiing in the highest-altitude Alpine re-
sorts from mid-December.
Alsatian Christmas Markets
Meandering between fairy-light-bedecked craft stalls, mug of
vin chaud
(warm
mulled wine) in gloved hand, at Alsace's traditional pre-Christmas markets, exudes
cinematic romance.
Fête des Lumières
France's biggest and best light show, on 8 December, transforms the streets and
squares of Lyon into an open stage (
www.lumieres.lyon.fr
).
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