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Lovely Paris -- if you can afford it

Mary McNamara makes Paris at Christmastime sound lovely [Paris Is Christmas, Dec. 16].

For a few glorious moments I forgot that I have two children under age 4, little money in my bank account and that there's a terrible exchange rate.

Mary, if you would be willing to trade jobs with me, I'm sure you would be a fine high school American history teacher, and I think I could manage being a travel writer. What do you say?

--Patricia Palagi, Riverside

Thank you for your vividly descriptive story on Paris. My husband, our four children and I spent the Christmas of 1999 in Paris -- an experience forever etched on my heart. I could smell the City of Light -- as well as feel, taste and hear -- all that you described, a testimony to the beauty of the place and the opportunity to share it with others.

--Ann Holmquist, Pasadena

About those lift ticket prices . . .

I liked the article about ski resorts ["Making New Inroads at State's Many Ski Resorts," Travel Insider, Dec. 9]. But you didn't mention lift ticket prices. Maybe you should have included that since you hyped Mammoth Mountain so much.

Are you aware that an early season one-day ticket for an adult is $74 (more during holidays)? With prices like that, skiing is going to become a luxury for the rich.

--Alex Pulone, Seal Beach

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