Christmas lights and window displays in Paris Region

This year, it’s no exception, telling passers-by and customers a fabulous and exquisite Christmas tale. From 7 November to 31 December 2024, take your seat aboard the Printemps Express and set off on an extraordinary journey. From a station teeming with passengers, their arms full of presents, the Christmas train takes you through forests and snow-capped mountains. Salivate over the fabulous feast on offer in the restaurant carriage, be enchanted by the splendour of the Hausmann Suite, the most elegant carriage on the Christmas train, before discovering the golden Christmas tree in the gift carriage. Some 132 characters created from recycled materials are once again bringing the windows of the Parisian department store to life. And it’s been going on for 100 years!

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He made a worldwide name for himself with his creation of the Golden Voyager costume for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.

Drawing on the archives of the department store, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, the couturier and designer has given free rein to his imagination, with one watchword: to dazzle. From the shop windows of Boulevard Haussmann to the indisputable Christmas tree that can be admired on every floor of the department stores’, he has created a whimsical universe tinged with a unique touch of upcycled glamour. His decorations are a blend of the present, the past and the future, and the promise of a simply enchanted Christmas.

Inspired by the ivy and chestnut leaves that line the building’s Art Nouveau walls, six artists set their poetic imaginations free. Their works, like magnificent exotic plants, are displayed in the windows of the department stores’, from the Pensiflora Mobilea by Juliette Berthonneau to the Macula Proliferum by Manon Daviet, which winds like a liana. Giant snails, butterflies and magical mushrooms await you as you stroll down the aisles. A veritable urban jungle hides among the magical foliage, under the eye of the magnificent peacock, the site’s emblem, which proudly displays its feathers on the fresco on the 5th floor

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And this year, the department stores’ is inviting you to a very Parisian Christmas. The four window displays come to life from 8 November to 31 December 2024 under a multitude of Eiffel Towers, in a white and gold décor. The little iron ladies will accompany you as you discover the City of Light, from its typical rooftops to the cobbled alleys and behind the Haussmannian facades where pretty, colourful and poetic creatures are getting ready for the festivities.

Once Le Bon Marché has closed, if you want to venture into the shop’s aisles for a unique experience, book a ticket for the show ‘Entre Chiens et Louves ’, by the Cirque Le Roux company. A unique experience.

The BHVMarais is getting ready to celebrate Christmas in the prettiest of ways by taking you into the colourful and poetic world of French illustrator Limistic. She is transforming the Paris department stores’ into an enchanted house, inhabited by mischievous elves, to the delight of passers-by. The windows will come to life from 6 November during a sound and light show that the BHV is renowned for and will be on display until 31 December 2024. And to prolong the pleasure, there’s a programme dedicated to the end-of-year festivities, with workshops and events for all.

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From November 24 to January 6 2025, the Avenue des Champs-Elysées displays its colourfully festive look. For a few fabulous weeks, the world’s most beautiful avenue is decorated in soothing golden lights from the Arc de triomphe all the way to Place de la Concorde. Switched on this year by Tony Estanguet, the Champs-Elysées Christmas lights are among the first to kick off Paris Region’s illuminations. Style is also the watchword at Place Vendôme where, as in previous years, the prestigious façades are exalted by majestic Christmas trees and garlands of fairy lights.