city of lights' lights

Huge department stores pride themselves in decorating for the holidays. We'd heard about the impressive window displays outside of Au Printemps and Galleries Lafayette so we decided to take a look for ourselves on Sunday night... along with almost all of Paris it seemed!

Because of the advertising, we are almost positive that Prada was the sponsor for Printemps and Swatch for Galleries Lafayette displays. We weren't sure the exact themes but they were still fun to look at!

They built small wooden walkways in front of the windows for the children to be able to get up close...

Mrs. Claus didn't want to make his suit this year, so père Noël is sporting Prada for the season...

After fighting the crowds outside, we entered Galleries Lafayette to see the largest Christmas tree in Paris under their dome.

And on our way back to the metro, we found a street more our taste. Empty!