It is perhaps a little strange to be blogging about Christmas markets in France during the peak of Summer, but when the content is about the oldest Christmas markets in the world - then it is all worthwhile. This blog post covers the weekend in December when we continued our annual tradition of visiting Christmas markets overseas - selecting Strasbourg, France and a short stop in Paris for the festivities along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. We chose to visit Strasbourg as the first Christkindelsmärik in the world was held around the Cathedral in 1570 and every year tourists are drawn to this UNESCO listed city to buy vin chaud (hot wine), biscuits and wooden decorations. 
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6 December 2014
Strasbourg and Paris, France
It is perhaps a little strange to be blogging about Christmas markets in France during the peak of Summer, but when the content is about the oldest Christmas markets in the world - then it is all worthwhile. This blog post covers the weekend in December when we continued our annual tradition of visiting Christmas markets overseas - selecting Strasbourg, France and a short stop in Paris for the festivities along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. We chose to visit Strasbourg as the first Christkindelsmärik in the world was held around the Cathedral in 1570 and every year tourists are drawn to this UNESCO listed city to buy vin chaud (hot wine), biscuits and wooden decorations.