La Photo du Jour: An Old Fashioned Alsatian Christmas

This photo was taken in an antique store in Strasbourg, France.  This particular shop specializes in local antiques.  

La Photo du Jour: Christmas Elves

These elves are watching over the doorway of a restaurant in Strasbourg, France.

La Photo du Jour: Santa Wearing a Beret

This Santa is painted on a restaurant window in Strasbourg.  I think his knees must be cold, being bare with all that snow flying around.

La Photo du Jour: Christmas Tree Stall

This man is selling Christmas trees of all sizes in Place Broglie, Strasbourg.  

La Photo du Jour: Joyeuses Fetes

This neon sign is atop a Christmas market stall.  The Strasbourg cathedral can be seen in the background.   

Ice Skating in Strasbourg

During December, there is an outdoor ice skating rink set up in a plaza near the Strasbourg cathedral.  I enjoy watching other people whirl and twirl by me as I sit on the sidelines.  I have never ice skated.  Maybe someday I will get up enough nerve to do it myself.  But for right now, I find great pleasure in being a spectator of others having icy fun.