Christmas trees in Provence

As discussed in some of my earlier posts on this trip, holiday decorations here are very tasteful and understated, including Christmas trees. As we drive through towns and villages, we rarely see homes decorated with lights, perhaps due to the cost of electricity. So, we were interested to see in the local supermarket, Intermarche, on December 22, there were still a few trees left which seemed rather expensive (about $45 per tree

) and the trees were small, and in pots meaning they will still alive and could be planted after the holidays were over. Additionally, they were could still be watered, not dried out and causing fires which happened inevitably every year in the US.