I am not sure if there will be a Christmas market this year in Pontrieux. Last year it was held the weekend of 9th December, so potentially the Christmas market is just over a fortnight away. The fact that it hasn’t been advertised is not necessarily an indication that it is not going to happen (see my earlier post about the Fete de la Musique).
Perhaps after last year’s effort they aren’t going to bother. It was a shame that there were heavy downpours that weekend; it was also a shame that the Christmas market also appeared to lack any association with Christmas.
I accept that I am hampered by my ‘anglo saxon’ thinking, however if you consider the concept of a Christmas market, certain images are formed. I posit that the distorted sound of The Who and Rolling Stones, blasted through the town’s tinny pa system is not one of them.