MADEMOISELLE V: CHRISTMAS CONTEST: THE BEST HOLIDAY DECORATION. WHAT CITY ARE YOU FALLING IN LOVE WITH ?

This year I have been quite proud to see all major cities really improved their efforts to produce amazing Xmas decorations: waking around has been extremely pleasant, relaxing and rewarding and I felt like I was Alice in wonderland....it is always nice when your eyes send impulses of beauty to your brain, you just smile while walking passed...

Let's start from New York, with 5th and Madison totally dressed up in a million lights and the historical tree at the Rockefeller Plaza imposing all sort of tourist (including me) THE picture to post...

My favorite cozy restaurant Nello's had plenty of pine trees tinsels you cannot miss unless you have twelve bellinis like I did with my girlfriends! Madison chicest remains to me Ralph Lauren: externally the mansion is lit up with discretion, but when you enter an entire world of magic opens to you with gold and white wonderland displays. Frosted bushes next to gala adorned mannequins makes you wish you need to rush home to get ready for an unforgettable ball; the heritage of super classic and essential beauty is an echo to Ralph's devotion to elegance I deeply admire.

This year London has warmed up all our hearts as every borough had a different character. I must pay tribute to Oxford Street and South Molton, with a cozy yet very classy lighting between the blue and purples hues going from the Claridge's to Selfridge's which was very eye-catching and warm. You felt as pampered las you would be in a little village, yet you knew you were in the best European city.

Despite all this has been rather overwhelming, when I arrived in Milan i couldn't believe what I was looking at.

The whole center was decorated with pine tress bushes and gilded balls hanging up in the sky: Carter and Bulgari mansions looked richer than ever, and an amazing Christmas music especially featured by Radio Monte Carlo was broadcast loud through the day. And what about the "all-lights" old fashion trams, italian Xmas version, and the fabulous massive tree in piazza del Duomo ? Now that the Cathedral has been restored and look completely immaculate, the shade game between facade and spiers, playing with the Galleria's illumination going all the way towards La Scala was just breath taking. An other class compared to the one described below (not that I am influenced by anything...!!!). The thing is Milan has things no other city can praise, so i guess this year's statement says it all.