- Title: Paris' Champs Elysees lights up for holiday season
- Date: 19th November 2023
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 19, 2023) (REUTERS) CROWD COUNTING DOWN, THEN CHEERING AS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TURN ON ON CHAMPS ELYSEES AVENUE CROWD TAKING PHOTOS OF LIGHTS ON TREES WITH PHONES WOMAN WITH GIRL JUMPING CROWDS LOOKING AT LIGHTS LIGHTS ON TREE VARIOUS OF VISITORS TAKING PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TOURIST FROM BARCELONA, LAURA ROBLES, SAYING: "Yes, it’s wonderful to se
- Embargoed: 3rd December 2023 20:51
- Keywords: Arc de Triomphe Champs Elysees Christmas France holidays lights
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001941219112023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Paris' Champs Elysees on Sunday night (November 19) donned its holiday colours as the traditional Christmas lights on the iconic French avenue were inaugurated.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and French actor Gilles Lellouche pressed the button to inaugurate the illuminations this year, with the crowd cheering as the lights glimmered on the the Champs Elysees' 400 trees.
"It’s wonderful to see all these Christmas lights that we now see everywhere, and now on the Champs Elysees. It's fantastic," a tourist from Barcelona, Laura Robles, said.
The lights will brighten up the avenue every night during the holiday season until Jan. 7.
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