Hello everybody, you're listening to the Earful Tower podcast for a very Christmas episode.

You're about to hear my wife Lena and myself walking through the Jardin de Tuileri at the Marche de Noelle,

the Christmas markets.

Will we love it?

Will we hate it?

Will we have behind the scenes conversation with staff members who sort of ruined Christmas

really briefly, but then we pick it back up.

Anything could happen on this episode.

My goal is to make you feel like you're in Paris, walking right along with us on this festive episode at this festive time of year.

This episode, as always, brought to you by the Patreon supporters.

Patreon.com slash the Earful Tower where you're going to unlock a world of new bonuses,

extra things, maps, tips, guides to the city video, you name it, it's all there. As for you,

sit back, get comfortable. And Press

Maxen, our matrioshka of music, has actually scripted a Christmas song for us. Noelle

at Paris, and I'll play it in full at the end of this episode. Take it away, Press. So here we are, Lena.

Yes, here we are.

We're standing on a really, really, really beautiful afternoon, freezing cold afternoon in the Twilerie, one of the most beautiful gardens.

Dare I say it in the world?

Yeah, I think you do dare say it.

And let's walk and talk through this market.

We're walking literally into the entrance of this market from the Concord side.

Yes, we have some fake snowy Christmas trees.

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