Arriving in a small rural village from Paris, we found that Christmas away from the city was a noticeably more austere occasion. The streets were empty, many shops and restaurants were closed and decorations were fairly sparse. Christmas seemed to be celebrated with only a perfunctory commitment to tradition unlike the enthusiastic glitz and extravagance of Paris's big department stores, street markets and the municipal authorities.
OJ - suspecting that winter in rural France is traditionally a time to hibernate
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