The holiday season in Paris brings more than twinkling lights and winter chill — it brings artistry, tradition and confectionery magic. Across the city, from palatial hotels to cozy patisseries, chefs and pastry artisans unveil their most creative bûches de Noël yet. These festive “yule logs” — once humble — have become symbols of French savoir‑faire, each embodying a story, a flavor palette, a mood. For travelers and gourmands alike, 2025’s crop is especially rich. Here is an alphabetical...

Why not spend Christmas in Paris this year? The U.S. may dazzle with its oversized inflatable Santas, mega-malls, and aisle-after-aisle of holiday sales, but Paris celebrates in a quieter, elegant way. Here, the city itself becomes the decoration: tree-lined boulevards twinkle with lights, the scent of roasted chestnuts drifts through the air, and department store windows transform into miniature winter wonderlands that charm both children and grown-ups alike. One of the quintessential...

Paris has always known how to dress a table for the holidays. From the buttery glow of boulangeries to the scent of roasted chestnuts drifting along the boulevards, the season has its rituals — and for a long time, those rituals seemed incompatible with a vegan lifestyle. Not anymore. Over the past few years, the city’s most inventive pâtissiers and restaurateurs have begun reimagining Christmas and New Year classics with plant-based finesse. For the modern traveler who wants the style and...