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24/12/2011
Issue 68

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without tons of fresh snow and French ski resort roads wouldn’t be the same without French drivers being able to demonstrate their dubious car control abilities without some slightly worn summer tyres.

The above driver managed to slide his car in such a way that it came to a halt at a perfect 90 degrees completely blocking the entire road down from Brigues.

So before you go out and get blitzed on cheap wine and that cooking port you found in the chalet I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Bon Fete, Happy Holidays, Joyeux Noel, a Krazy Kwanzaa or Hilarious Hanukkah and I shall see you next week for the even more drunken arrival of the new year.

The editor

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Shalome, Hava nagila & Oy vey
(Deep peace, Let’s rejoice & !)
As you all know, the Enquirer is very popular with all faiths, denominations and religions, especially among my Hebrew readers to whom I am the male yente of Courchevel. Anyway as you know from all the Menorahs around town it’s the 5th day of Hanukkah and much to my surprise it was pointed out today that Courchevel has gone a little kosher with the opening of it’s first synagogue. Surprising, not in a mosque at ground zero way but, as every other property in 1850 is either an estate agent or ski rental shop. Situated just below the Hotel Monts Charvin I wish them Mazel tov!

Euro hits 1.2
For the first in a long time the Euro has reached an exchange rate of 1.2 to the British pound sterling. When the Euro was first released the x-rate was near 1.5 but slumped to almost 1:1 parity over the past couple of years. This made a 5€ pint cost £5. Now the equivalent price is £4.17. So with 2 meters of snow on the mountain, a 6 day 3 valleys lift pass that is now £200 (240€). What could be a better time to come out on holiday.

Apres ski T-shirts

Forget keeping calm and carrying on in the alps you need to Apres Ski and get walloped. Available in Red, Navy Blue and a few in Green they are available.