Christmas Market

Two weeks before Christmas until the Christmas Eve, you will be surprised at how beautiful the night at Nancy was. The street were decorated with lights. And the most important thing to visit is the street Christmas Market which sell anything from chocolate, churros, hot wine, clothes, jewelry, decoration, etc. The market does not intended to children only, although I saw children quite everywhere here. But I believed that everyone must be attracted to this flashing flickering stalls. The Christmas market is actually a collection of small temporary kiosk made of wood and decorated by many colorful lights that glow nicely during the night. There are lot of location of the Christmas Market in Nancy, the first one which is bigger was near DARTY Shop just close to Nancy Gare, the other one was near C&A Shop.

Secret Santa Games

In December, everyone were getting excited about Christmas. Well if you were children you might waiting for Santa came at Christmas Eve and gave you some of toys that you have been dreaming for so long.  So in order to bring back those childhood memories, my friends decided to organized a Secret Santa Games. If you agree to participate in the game, you will pick a random paper from a box, the paper contain someone's name. You will be this someone's Secret Santa and therefore you are obliged to buy some stuffs with values that has been agreed upon collectively. However you must not tell the person that you are his/her Secret Santa. Thus, you will give the present anonymously. On the other hand, you will also receive some present from your own Secret Santa, someone whose identity is hidden.

So my classmates were playing this Secret Santa Game. The price of the present is 10 euros and we agreed to gather at 18 December 2013 to reveal the Secret Santa's identity. What is funny about this game is that when I take the draw I got my own name so it means that I was my own Secret Santa which is literally mean that I will buy a present for myself.

 

 

St. Nicolas Day

In Nancy, St. Nicolas Day is a popular traditional feast day marked by live entertainment. People will go out and gather at Place Stanislas to see the Fireworks exhibition for about 30 minutes. The fireworks will start at 7 PM but if you want to get inside, you need to be hurry. Because it will be very crowded there. My friends and I reached there at about 6:30 and unfortunately we were too late to get inside. The guard already close the fence, so we can't enter it. As the result we enjoy the firework from quite a distance outside Place Stanislas. 

FYI St Nicolas is the protector of the weak and oppressed, as well as the patron saint of lawyers, seamen and school children. More about St. Nicolas Day in Nancy can be found here and here.