Going for Christmas!!!

Well, it was my the last day at work before the Christmas break. I get the week between Christmas and New Year off which, while it's not a lot, I am looking forward to and could really do with.
Today went much like yesterday; I ended up waiting around for my boss to give me some information before I could complete what I needed to do. From talking to a couple of people at work earlier I think not answering emails and not responding to questions is definitely a French thing. I had to ask my boss to phone someone to ask them to update part of a presentation as I'd had no response from him despite several emails and phone calls.
Unfortunately I left at about 7:00pm so had a bit of a rush to try and finish my Christmas shopping. They don't seem to have the same conventions about late night openings (which was annoying) so I ended up going to the Champs Elysee. I'm afraid to say, the Champs Elysee doesn't live up to it's reputation. There's not much of anything there really. There are some car showrooms, some hotels, a few restaurants, and a few shops but it's not all expensive boutiques. I think it's all the lights everywhere that makes people think it's some magical road where you can find culture if you stop for a coffee there.
I was hoping to write a sort of review of how things have gone so far but it's 2:25am, I've just finished wrapping presents and I have to get up early to catch the train tomorrow.
I'm really looking forward to going to our house for Christmas (it's still in France; about 40 minutes drive to the east of Poitiers) as I haven't seen my parents for about 3 months now. i'm hoping to go home again early in the New Year but I'm not sure when yet.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

-A-