In Paris, after announcing the closure of its Christmas market on Champs-Élysées, City Hall wants to tear down the nearby ferris wheel at Place de la Concorde.

La Defense, a modern office park just beyond Paris, has the largest holiday market in the city, Le Marche de Noel. It is decked out with 200 festive stalls stocking mostly locally made merchandise.

Paris has few markets to choose from, including this one at La Defense Credit: Getty. Paris has a lot going for it all year round so it might not be the most obvious Christmas market destination ...

This turbocharged La Defense’s development and ensured Paris remained quintessentially Parisian, ... while December’s Christmas market has 300-odd themed chalets. The details. Fly.