The Paris Christmas market on the Champs Elysées has all a tourist could hope for. There are snails in garlic butter, wild boar pâté, mulled wine and local cheeses, all set to a soundtrack of jaunty Georges Brassens songs.
The problem is that more than a month after the terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 dead and a nation in shock, there are few there to enjoy it.
Jean-Pierre, who runs a stand selling a colourful array of nougat filled with coffee, fig and salted caramel, says that business is down 60 to 80 per cent from the year before and the mood is not nearly as jolly.
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