Christmas is just around the corner, and with it a whole host of fun family activities. See the Christmas parades, go ice-skating in the open air, admire the shop windows… We tell you all about it!
Admire the Christmas parades at Disneyland Paris – A magical activity for children
Christmas means parades! For the occasion, the biggest theme parks put on a show to delight children. Such is the case at Disneyland Paris, which promises a magical show for the whole family! We’re there to cheer on Mickey and his friends, and see the floats of our little ones’ favorite heroes. It’s a show not to be missed!
Stroll through a Christmas market – One of children’s favorite Christmas activities
How can you enjoy Christmas with your family without going to a market at least once? The capital organizes them just about everywhere, to please everyone: kids won’t be bored, that’s for sure!
Take a trip to the Musée des Arts Forains – Admire the Festival du Merveilleux with your family
From December 27 to January 5, 2025, extend the magic of Christmas with your family at the Musée des Arts Forains’ Festival du Merveilleux. This magical Musée-Spectacle showcases the beauty of our fairground heritage. During this festival, you’ll discover talented jugglers, acrobats and puppeteers, here to make you dream for a moment.
📍Location: 53 av des Terroirs de France, 75012 Paris
📆 Date: from 27/12/2024 to 05/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €22 full price / €14 to €16 concessions
Take a luminous stroll through Paris “Lumières en Seine“-one of the most magical Christmas activities for children
Lumières en Seine returns this year, for an even more magical luminous tour. Come and stroll through the magnificent Domaine de Saint-Cloud, and enjoy the different light trails and sumptuous light displays. It’s a walk you can’t afford to miss!
📍Location: Grille Clémenceau – Saint-Cloud, 92210, Paris
Say hello to the farm animals at Château de Rambouillet – A beautiful moment in nature
For Christmas, the Château de Rambouillet welcomes young and old alike for fun activities. The program includes a lovely illuminated crib, a Christmas market, horse-drawn carriage rides around the estate, cow milking and a visit to the farm. All in all, a great day out with our animal friends.
📍Location: Parc du château, 78120 Rambouillet
Thoiry Lumières sauvages light trail
This year at Thoiry, it’s the fascinating world of Jules Verne that has inspired the new trail! Thoiry Lumières Sauvages returns at the end of October with a trail that invites you to explore different worlds after dark! From adventures in the air with Five Weeks in a Balloon to underwater diving with Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, each lantern-lit world has its own animal encounters and adventures in store for you!
📍 Location: Wow Safari Thoiry 78770 Thoiry
📆 Date: from 27/10/2024
🎟️ Admission: paying
Glide down one of the capital’s ice rinks
Ice skating is by far one of the most popular activities for children this Christmas! And just the thing, since the pretty ice rink at the Marché de Noël de la Défense is just the thing. After strolling through the market, drinking hot chocolate and eating delicious waffles, we love to let off steam on the huge ice rink at the foot of the arch.
📍Location: Le Parvis, 92800 Puteaux
📆 Dates: November 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
🎟️ Price: 12 euros
A Christmas stroll through the Jardin d’Acclimatation
Goodbye dragons, hello dinosaurs! For the 2024 version of its illuminated trail, the Jardin d’Acclimatation brings diplodocus and tyrannosaurs back to life for a few weeks. A hundred luminous dinosaurs and 2,000 lanterns will transform the 6-hectare garden!
📍 Address: Bois de Boulogne, Route de la Porte Dauphine à la Prte des Sablons, 75116 Paris
📆 Date: from 29/11/2024 to 02/03/2025
🎟️ Admission: paying
Make your own Christmas decorations
It’s never too early to make your own Christmas decorations! Pretty hanging lights, cute candle holders, a snow globe… All you need is a little time and imagination, and you’re ready to go. A lovely activity to do at home while waiting for Santa…