Feeling like Christmas
At last the village Christmas lights are up and lit! We took a walk around town and checked them all out last evening.
Okay, so there's no snow yet, but the temperatures have finally dropped and with the lights on the streets and in the windows of the various shops (particularly great job by Didier and Mireille Antonio, our good friends and local butchers) it really IS beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.
Today is the annual, national Telethon, which is to fund research for various neuro-muscular diseases. There are events in almost all the villages and our market has a special Telethon table doing a bake sale. Tonight is a dinner at the Municipal Theater and there are song contests, etc. happening throughout the day.
This is a surefire precursor to Christmas, as are all the various "tombolas" and the firemen coming around to get donations in exchange for their annual calendar. It's all great fun and the mood in the village is picking up and getting into that holiday spirit.
On Monday I'm heading into Carcassonne to check out what's happening there, although I should probably leave my wallet at home, just to keep temptation away.
Have a wonderful weekend and get that Christmas cheer on!
Ciao for now.
Randy
Okay, so there's no snow yet, but the temperatures have finally dropped and with the lights on the streets and in the windows of the various shops (particularly great job by Didier and Mireille Antonio, our good friends and local butchers) it really IS beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.
Today is the annual, national Telethon, which is to fund research for various neuro-muscular diseases. There are events in almost all the villages and our market has a special Telethon table doing a bake sale. Tonight is a dinner at the Municipal Theater and there are song contests, etc. happening throughout the day.
This is a surefire precursor to Christmas, as are all the various "tombolas" and the firemen coming around to get donations in exchange for their annual calendar. It's all great fun and the mood in the village is picking up and getting into that holiday spirit.
On Monday I'm heading into Carcassonne to check out what's happening there, although I should probably leave my wallet at home, just to keep temptation away.
Have a wonderful weekend and get that Christmas cheer on!
Ciao for now.
Randy
Labels: Christmas, decorations, seasonal celebration, telethon, tombola
1 Comments:
Yes, the Christmas villages are here by the sea as well. I haven't been out strolling yet, but the time is right. There will be caroling, dancing and lots of eating around those little houses in the square.
And here too the weather changed on Saturday. Friday was a day of fierce rain and when the sun returned, it was cold.
Winter is almost here...
Meilleurs voeux!!
By blueVicar, At 4:43 PM
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