Christmas Day in Paris

Okay folks, my 16 year old and I will be in Paris on Christmas Day. What to do what to do... We are going to services on Christmas Eve, Notre Dame but not sure what to do on Christmas Day.. any suggestions.. thanks in advance

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Hi TN2009!

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How wonderful to be there at the holidays!

I hope you both have a wonderful trip!

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First and foremost, the buses and the Metro wil be running so you will have a choice of visits to Montmartre, the parks at Boulogne, Vincennes, Buttes Chaumont and several other areas of Paris that are worth a stroll around.

The Eiffel Tower is also open Christmas day.

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Most museums will be closed, but the Jacquemart-Andre museum is always open on Christmas. There will be a special exhibition during that time of Flemish paintings (Bruegel, Memling, Van Eyck), which are on loan from a Romanian museum. Also, the dining room in the museum serves light lunches and has wonderful pastries. 158 Blvd. Haussman, in the 8th.

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I can second the Jacquemart-Andre Museum. It%26#39;s excellent. Its actually a fully furnished house rather than a museum - and is a wonderful change from normal %26#39;museums%26#39;. Cafe is excellent and the audio guide is good also.

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One thing you must do in advance is make restaurant/cafe reservations both for Christmas Eve dinner and for lunch and dinner on Christmas Day. Because Christmas is really a family holiday in France, many places will be closed. Ask your hotel for advice in November. They%26#39;ll know by then which places will be open. There is almost always a special (and more expensive than usual) menu for those days.

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If you are eating casually (as one often is in the company of a 16 year old), no need to worry about finding restaurants or reserving. All of the chains are open (Clément, Léon, Hippo, Vesuvio, etc.). Tourists tend to keep earlier hours for meals than the locals, and this also makes it easy to pop into just about any brasserie without difficulty.