PARIS — Singer, actress and recent Parisienne Christina Milian turned on the vacation lights on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré to ring within the Christmas season.

The stage was set for the grand ceremony just in front of the Miu Miu, Prada and Gucci boutiques. The road is home to several luxury stores — and seems it’s near Milian’s home as well.

She recently moved from Los Angeles to Paris over the summer along with her recent husband, French pop singer Matt Pokora, and three children.

The move to the world’s fashion capital has modified her style.

“It’s way different than it’s within the U.S.,” she said, noting that Los Angeles style offers up a variety of workout gear. “I sit up for taking the children to high school. Everyone dresses up regardless of what age, and it’s very inspiring. It makes me want to really want to decorate up.”

She was wearing a festive green tweed suit and camel coat with a faux-fur trim for the event. It was from French brand Maje, which has been her favorite local style discovery, she said.

Earlier this 12 months, Milian shot the Netflix Christmas movie “Meet Me Next Christmas,” but because of delays from the Hollywood strikes it won’t hit screens until next holiday season.

She also produced the film, which was a recent experience for her.

“I could easily be the rom-com girl without end. I do know that comes easy for me,” she said. “But there’s something that feels really good to not only be the person in front of the camera, but to get behind the scenes and have people actually considering knowing your opinion, and constructing the character [and] developing the script from the bottom up. It makes a world of difference.”

The experience of manufacturing “Meet Me Next Christmas” together with the indie film “Body Language,” which she also worked on pre-strike, has shifted her perspective on the industry.

“It got me excited for the long run, not only producing but now I’d like to direct as well. I’ve began occupied with my next goals,” she said. She plans to enroll in directing courses while she resides in France, in addition to try her hand at script writing.

“If I can write songs, I believe I can write an excellent script,” she said.

She’s wanting to get back to work now that the simultaneous actors’ and writers’ strikes are over. Within the interim, she’s been having fun with the downtime. “It’s been nice to have the opportunity to concentrate on what life could be like this fashion, especially with getting them [her children] off to high school” and settling in to life in France, she said.

Together with her busy shooting schedules and his musical tours, that they had been bopping between Paris and L.A. for a number of years. “It was really in order that our family will be together,” she said of settling down. “We’re an adventurous family so we don’t mind changing things up and trying recent things.”

A part of that’s working on her language skills. “I’m form of over the sporadic learning and decided to actually concentrate on it. Mentally, it’s similar to a food regimen,” she joked. Duolingo is an element of her day-to-day, plus lessons with a teacher.

As for being the primary celebrity guest to activate the lights on on behalf of the Comité du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, it was a milestone welcome for Milian.

“I feel like I’m planting my seeds here,” she said. Milian was accompanied by her daughter, who gave her styling tips about the technique to the stage. She sang snippets of her favorite Christmas song, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas.”

Is there a vacation album in her future? “I might like to. I believe that might be one in all my next moves,” she said. “I used to be the girl that at 13 still desired to consider that Santa was real.”

This 12 months is stuffed with firsts for the organizing Comité du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. It’s the primary time the committee has had a celeb representative, in addition to the primary time raffle tickets will probably be available online.

There are 40 luxury lots up for grabs, including items from Chanel, Chopard, Dior, and Roger Vivier, products from beauty brand Carita, in addition to experiences from La Reserve and the Mandarin Oriental hotels.

All proceeds go to Les Rois du Monde charity, which supports children in hospitals and orphanages by providing entertainment, games, taking them to events or sporting games with cultural and fun days.