Family christmas - activities

Christmas at the Château: magical festivities at the Domaine de Sceaux

Spend Christmas at the château with the animals of the forest, and enjoy an enchanted stroll through the Domaine Départemental de Sceaux, from December 10, 2024 to January 5, 2025.

Coronavirus: Christmas "will be either way" Olivier Véran says

Because of the spread of coronavirus in the country, some French are already thinking about the Holidays and fear they are not able to reunite with their families. French President Emmanuel Macron said he hopes they can "celebrate Christmas and the Holidays" with their families, as the new lockdown is implemented starting Thursday October 29, 2020 at midnight. As for Health Minister Olivier Véran, he warned Christmas "will not be a normal holiday", yet adding this celebration "will be either way".

The Harry Potter store in Paris, Wizarding World, returns

Fans of Harry Potter and other wizards are once again gathering at the JouéClub Village in Paris, on the Boulevard des Italiens in the 2nd arrondissement, to discover Wizarding World, a new space dedicated to the saga and the Fantastic Beasts. It's the perfect opportunity to stock up on wands, broomsticks, dresses and other magical goodies!

Without lockdown in December, they could be a hecatomb after Christmas, 2 Nobel economists say

2019 Nobel economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo suggested a “nationwide lockdown during the Advent period from December 1 to 20 to avoid a catastrophic resurgence of Covid-19 in elderly people after Christmas”.