Bright Lights, Big City

Promoted by the City of Paris, the holiday lighting program "Paris Illumine Paris" has grown to encompass thirty different quartiers of the city, each with its own theme. From bubbles to stars, sparkling tears to organdy, there is enough variety of illumination to keep residents and tourists alike oohing and ahhing as they bustle from arrondissement to arrondissement.

Armchair travelers don't have to miss out -- numerous photo websites abound.