my family and i(five adults)will be spending the christmas-new years holiday in paris. we wiil be arriving sunday december 27-january6. we will be staying in a rented apartment on ile st. louis. i have a number of questions, but for now will be only asking for some general information. i have read a number of topics and for better or worse it seems a number of restaurants are closed during the holiday season. will we have more than the usual difficulty finding open restaurants on the day we arrive. aside from lunch on new years eve day, should we avoid the usual restaurant mayhem on new years eve. are restaurants, if any open on new years day? since new years day falls on a friday will that cause any problems finding reservations on saturday/ sunday? the red book states some restaurants are closed for the christmas holidays. could anyone give me an idea what that means? does christmas holidays run through christmas and new years inclusive, exclusive or some other combination. since we will be there during winter season, would anyone care to describe winter season cuisine. i presume lots of meat and root vegetables. would it be incorrect to presume, in general, that not all restaurants do equally well in food preparation in each season. therefore, are there restaurants in the "to avoid category" in the winter that would be fantastic in spring or summer but less so in winter? although not a food related topic,but important nontheless, whats the weather like during the christmas-newyears season? thanks for help.
