Notre Dame on Christmas Day

We missed Christmas Eve at Notre Dame because it was just too cold, but we did go there today. I've been there before, but that doesn't diminish what an amazing place it is. We stood on a 100+ yard long line to get in, and more and more and more people kept pouring in, but it still managed to hold them all. It was crowded, but not uncomfortably so. There was an organ concert going on, which was cool. A lot of the sound felt like it was coming from a couple of hundred feet up, which I guess was the case. One oddity- the creche had a projection screen behind it that showed a beach scene and the ground was very definitely sand, and I don't remember that Bethlehem is on the beach. And I've been on a lot of beaches and forgetting about the whole Jesus thing, don't remember seeing cows, or goats, or for that matter wise men there.

Oddities aside, it's incredibly beautiful and awe-inspiring in a good-scary kind of way. I like seeing the old churches more than the others in our little party. Afterwards we had crepes on the street, which was fun to watch the guy make and very nice to eat on a cold day.