Lรฉaโค Seydouxโ toโ Illuminate Champs-รlysรฉes Christmas Lights in 2024
PARIS โ – Actress Lรฉa seydoux will officially launch the โคannual Christmas lights on โthe Champs-รlysรฉes in โฃParis โคon November 16th at 6:30โ p.m., the Champs-รlysรฉesโ Committee announced Wednesday. The lighting ceremony,a Parisian tradition sinceโค 1980,marks the start of the holiday season and draws tourists from around the globe.
Seydoux will be joined โคby โchildren from the Petits Princes association, an organization dedicated to fulfilling the dreams of seriously ill children. This โขyear’s display, designed by Thierry reboul and utilizing technology from Blachรจre Illuminations, will feature a special five-minute sparkleโข from the Eiffel Tower in response to theโ avenue’s illumination. canadian artist Charlotte Cardin willโฃ perform her song, Too bad forโ her, during the โฃevent.
The 400 trees lining the Champs-รlysรฉesโค will be adorned with lights from november 16th through January 4th, 2026, illuminatingโ nightly from 5 p.m. โฃto midnight, extending to โ1 a.m.โค on Fridays and โคSaturdays. The committee reports the illuminations now consume the energy equivalent of two average French households annually, a reduction achieved throughโข the use of LED garlands.
Committee president Marc-Antoine Jamet stated โฃthe eventโค will balance “tradition andโ innovation,modernity and classicism,” and anticipatesโ exceeding theโ 150,000 spectators reached in 2024,leveraging “television media” โฃand “social networks” to broaden โคthe event’s reach.
