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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 29, 2020 14:16:49 GMT 2
To combat this rather morose time, here is my annual department store Christmas window video.
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Post by OnlyMark on Nov 29, 2020 14:40:07 GMT 2
Lovely.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 29, 2020 18:59:37 GMT 2
Always an early Christmas treat.
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Post by Voy on Nov 30, 2020 0:49:02 GMT 2
thank you !! Did you chose the music? it really adds to it !
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Post by kuskiwi on Nov 30, 2020 5:57:18 GMT 2
Many thanks. It makes it real. Time to get sorter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 30, 2020 20:24:07 GMT 2
thank you !! Did you chose the music? it really adds to it ! Yes, I am obliged to put new music on the Christmas video in almost every case because there is always too much street noise. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 30, 2020 20:26:45 GMT 2
Here is my video from 2013 where I was able to keep the direct sound for the first half.
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 2, 2020 13:04:21 GMT 2
Are Parisians able to see it with children's eyes or are they making jokes about especially the Printemps' windows what with all the winter sports they won't be allowed to practice?
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 2, 2020 20:52:17 GMT 2
I have never heard a single person criticising the boulevard Haussmann holiday windows although I'm sure they exist.
Actually, skiing is not at all forbidden in France right now -- just the operation of the ski lifts. And of course there is no place for them to eat if they have not brought their own food.
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 2, 2020 22:35:25 GMT 2
oh... here all the talk is of how Macron is desperate to stop French people from coming to Switzerland or Spain to go skiing as the resorts are going to open here and apparently they are going to remain closed in France? Apparently the mayor of Chatel, at the French/Swiss border, put a Swiss flag on the mairie in protest at being told he couldn't open the resort.
Sorry for derailing this thread. I really appreciate how much effort you put into these videos and the windows are really lovely as ever.
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Post by Netsuke on Dec 2, 2020 23:44:24 GMT 2
Thankyou, Kerouac for showing me the Paris Christmas windows, I love seeing them. They’re so typically Parisian! Especially this year with so much gloom and doom, these delightful scenes are a highlight of joy and happy.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2020 19:17:38 GMT 2
oh... here all the talk is of how Macron is desperate to stop French people from coming to Switzerland or Spain to go skiing as the resorts are going to open here and apparently they are going to remain closed in France? Tempest in a teapot. Only 8% of the French ski, mostly from the monied classes. The school groups will be skiing as usual in January and February when the slopes in France will be open again. Of course I understand the ski operators in France, Italy and Switzerland shedding tears over the Christmas clientele that they will lose, the people who pay more than double the normal costs just because it is Christmas. But I will not shed tears with them. Anyway, here is the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree. |
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 5, 2020 22:21:51 GMT 2
that tree embodies the holidays for so many people! it is truly wonderful.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 22, 2020 20:17:27 GMT 2
To give you a different take on Paris at this time of year (and depress a lot of you), here is a new video of what Paris feels like right now.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 23, 2023 21:05:07 GMT 2
I have not done the Christmas windows yet, but instead went to the Dali exhibition in the Parc de la Villette (continuing until 21 January).
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 25, 2023 10:12:18 GMT 2
You're making people want to visit, K2. Paris, ville lumière.
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Post by kuskiwi on Nov 27, 2023 8:56:54 GMT 2
Looking forward to seeing the windows in due course to give me my Paris fix.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 28, 2023 21:31:16 GMT 2
Flash forward to 2023. Here are this year's windows...
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Post by Netsuke on Dec 2, 2023 10:36:59 GMT 2
Kerouac2, I love seeing the Galeries Lafayette Christmas tree. Thank you for posting this up.
btw, how do you post images? I only can use attachments but that still isn’t working.
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Post by Scrubb on Dec 8, 2023 6:17:33 GMT 2
Thanks, kerouac. Those are really quite amazing.
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