Paris during Christmas (Unsplash)
(FRANCE 24) – On Paris’s most famous boulevard, the Champs-Élysées, the Christmas lights have undergone a subtle change this festive season. “I actually prefer them this year,” says one passer-by who prefers to remain anonymous. Behind him almost half a kilometre of fairy lights alternate between a steady golden glow and blue sparkles, meant to replicate illuminations on the Eiffel Tower.
In previous years, the Paris resident remembers a more modern lighting design with luminous hoops encircling the 400 trees that line the road on either side. The 2022 version is “more traditional, and more welcoming”, he says.
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It is also more energy efficient. The Champs-Elysées committee, which governs the famous avenue, announced that illuminations would be “drastically limited” this year in light of soaring energy prices that have seen electricity costs more than double in France (even though regulated tariff increases for consumers are currently capped at 4%) and around the world.
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