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French Christmas Market Questions

Thanks to another topic that I had posted, we are settled on locations where are going to visit. With flights booked, now comes hotels. That is where the questions come in.
Never being to France for this, we are wanting to see the markets in Metz, Colmar, and Strasboug. When it comes to these locations, is there a shuttle that is offered to travel to these locations? My thought was just stay in Strasboug and (if available) take the shuttle to the other locations. This would save the time/effort of unpacking in 1 city, and dragging a suitecase around. Here is the plan that I have right now:
1) Paris – Nov 25 – 30
2) Strasbourg – Dec 1 & 2 (hotel 1 – 6)
3) Colmar – Dec 4
4) Random – Dec 5
5) Metz – 6
6) Paris – Dec 7 - 11

For the length that we are going, I want to make sure we are not wasting time traveling, and have the best trip we can have. As of now, the only thing that we have established are the flights, so anything can be switched.

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When it comes to these locations, is there a shuttle that is offered
to travel to these locations?

I'm not sure what you mean when you say shuttle, but there are trains.

Visiting Colmar from Strasbourg is easy, it's a 30 min train trip. But, Metz might be a bit far for a day trip, it's around 1:30 from Strasbourg. Doable, but a lot travel for a day trip. If it was my trip I'd probably spend a night or two in Metz instead.

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Freiburg, GE is pretty close to Colmar (we did an overnight there from Colmar) and well worth a visit.
For train travel, the best resource is Seat61.com