Christmas is around the corner.
Display at the larger grocery market-- a wide variety of advent calendars, chocolates, etc.
And... they have chestnuts in the market!
On Thursday and Friday, Nov 13 and 14, a 27 meter (90 foot) tall Christmas tree was installed in a square named Place de Jaude. It is located within the 1 km limit from our temp apartment. It is a fir tree which was considered dangerous and could have fallen on homes in a bad storm. So, the 5 ton tree was cut down and transported here to decorate the square for the holidays. I guess we will be able to see it decorated even with the lockdown. I had read about the tree coming, then on a walk, as we approached Place de Jaude, I realized the tree had arrived.
This tree is taller but weighs much less than the tree just installed at Rockefeller Center this week.
The lockdown has indeed been kept in place until at least December 1. We hear that some restrictions will be lessened at some point. We will keep taking walks to watch the tree decorating progress.
To the right of the tree is a statue of the ancient Gallic leader Vercingetorix. The statue was created by Bartholdi— creator of the Statue of Liberty.
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