Gong Hey Fat Choy! Paris celebrates the Chinese New Year with parades and festivals held this Saturday and Sunday on both sides of the Seine. The parades, performers and street fairs are dazzling, as Carina Okula shows via her vibrant photography. We add schedules, links and video by the City of Paris. P.S. Don't forget your camera!

When there's festival in Paris, count on photographer Francis Beddok to be there. Today he takes us for a ride on another big Paris Ferris wheel and other amusement park rides at the Grand Palais. We also include a slick little video courtesy of the Paris Mayor's Office. Add this to your December 2012 calendar if you miss the Jours de fête this year.

The January Soldes and fashion, yes! But also: the Chinese New Year Parade, circus acts, the Paris Dog Show, and new museum shows. Note The Steins close soon as the Rodin permanent collection closes through March. Concerts, ballet, opera and a Jazz Crusader. Authors, too. Thanks to Lisa Buros-Hutchins for compiling a full January Paris Events Calendar.

Celebrating Christmas in Paris is a magical time. The city glows and sparkles like no other city in the world. BonjourParis publisher Karen Fawcett takes you on a virtual tour of sites to see and things to do at the Champs-Élysées, Ferris wheel, ice skating, window shopping, luxury hotels and even a chauffeured tour to see Paris decorated for Christmas.

Did you know Paris has a Carnival Museum by Bercy Village? It's full of antique carnival rides, amusement games and curiosities dramatically presented during limited public openings. Le Musée des Arts Forains reopens December 26 through January 2, with special shows, a mistletoe kissing area and even a unicorn captured by Paris photographer Francis Beddok.

Paris bustles in December, with decorated shops and streets, Notre-Dame holiday programs, Christmas markets, museum shows, Hôtel de Ville and the Eiffel Tower ice skating, Cirque du Soleil, Salon du Cheval de Paris international equestrian shows, wine tastings, Cold Play in concert and New Year's Eve events. Lisa Buros-Hutchins lists December Paris events.

A collection of vintage French postcards in honor of Veterans Day / Armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale / Remembrance Day.

On Friday bells will ring throughout France to note the 93rd Armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale. Today Cara Waterfall shares her story about a World War II British soldier who landed on Omaha Beach in 1943 with the U.S. support elements, forever linking him and his descendants to France. You'll find 2011 Armistice Day events included below the story.

As lines form at Grand Palais for the Stein exhibit, the Beaux-Arts, Holocaust, Pompidou and Rodin Museums open exhibitions in November. Montmartre holds open studio art tours as Lenny Kravitz, Sonny Rollins, Rickie Lee Jones, Ramsey Lewis and Paul McCartney take center stage. Lisa Buros-Hutchins tells all in our Paris November Events Calendar.