Celebrating the holidays in Paris? Most restaurants will be closed.

Here are your best options for what's open between Christmas and the New Year

Christmas trees at the Panthéon

The holidays are a beautiful time to visit Paris. The City of Light dons even more light, the cold air smells like chestnuts, and the food shop windows display their most luxurious creations of the year.

But eating in restaurants (our shared obsession) is a challenge between Christmas and the New Year. Nearly all the resta…