Joyeux Noel from Phil and Delys
Joyeux Noel from Phil and Delys Snyder in Paris. Christmas in Paris means streets full of lights, dark days (today is the shortest day of the year, the sunrise coming at 8:40 a.m.), Christmas markets full of food and trinkets, shoppers everywhere, fresh Christmas trees with log stands, cold and rain, tourists and traffic at every turn. Phil likes listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Christmas album Come Darkness, Come Light and God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies and Son of Dad by Stephen Wilson Jr. Can you guess which one of the three albums I tolerate out loud and which two he listens to with his air-buds? (Thanks Heidi and Travis for adding him to your Snyder family Spotify subscription. It keeps him sane and serene no matter what’s going on.) We have a new apartment in Chatou, a cute suburb of Paris where we have a Wednesday and Saturday outdoor market, about two train stops closer to Paris than before. We have two huge windows with a long balcony, a gorgeous v...