While the Champs-Élysées Christmas market may never find its way back to the original venue, its enduring intrigue was among the reasons for Blue Sky Events to bring the magic of these Christmas markets in Europe to Singapore.
SINGAPORE (Nov 26): A Christmas market held on Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France was known to draw some 15 million festive revellers annually. Romanticised as the most beautiful avenue in the world, this famed street would undergo a year-end transformation that further enhanced its allure with a dazzling display of holiday lights and decorations and traditional market stalls that, along with Christmas carollers, formed an experience commonly likened to fairy tales and magic.
At least, that was the case up until two years ago. A recent conflict between the market’s organiser Marcel Campion and the Parisian government has put a seemingly final end to that tradition: first, with the abrupt cancellation of the event in 2017, followed by the recent announcement of its return this year — at Jardin des Tuileries located just opposite the Louvre.
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