Paris isn't famous for Christmas markets like Germany, but its lights and department stores are well worth seeing.
- Champs-Élysées: Christmas lights from late November to early January.
- Galeries Lafayette: a giant tree under the glass dome, plus a free rooftop view of Paris.
- The decorated windows of Galeries Lafayette and Printemps on Boulevard Haussmann.
- Small markets: Tuileries Garden, Saint-Germain-des-Prés church, La Défense.
- Disneyland Paris: Christmas festivities, about 40 minutes from the centre on RER A.
Note: on 25 December many museums and restaurants close; book early if you want dinner on Christmas Eve.