The 8th December is the night when the people of Lyon put candles on their windowsills to thank Mary for saving the city.
It looks lovely and also marks the start of La Fête des Lumieres.
I’m sure it is related to the feast of the Immaculate Conception which is interesting in a country that prides itself on its laicité – secularism.
Then I read that President Macron has gotten into a lot of trouble for allowing the lighting of Hanukkah candles in the Elysée Palace.
Meanwhile a whole city lights candles on a Christian feast.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 