The City of Light is shining bright for Christmas --<br/> <br />While plenty Paris residents came out to see the show -- plenty more had something else on their mind -- shopping.<br/> <br />They hit the stores in droves -- during the busiest shopping season of the year.<br/> <br />Even with France's grim economic news, consumer spending is apparently solid.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) MANAGER OF GALERIES LAFAYETTE HAUSSMANN DEPARTMENT STORE, AGNES VIGNERON, SAYING:<br/> <br />"This year we haven't noticed any difference in our customers behavior."<br/> <br />But even if shopping is the mission, Paris refuses to be upstaged<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHRISTMAS SHOPPER, TRISTA BRIDGES, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Sure, it's beautiful, it's lot of fun every year, it's a little bit more breathtaking to see all the lights and to see all the decorations, it's always wonderful and then I also think that in Paris people do a lot of things, benevolent things, there is salvation army and many things who support people who need thing
