Halloween in France
Halloween in France is not traditionally celebrated, though in some locations you’d be...
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Tag: Traditions
La Fête des Mai – May Festival in Nice
On the 1st of May and then every Sunday throughout the month of May, Nice celebrates the arrival...
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The Story of Galette des Rois and its Hidden Charm
If you’re in France in January and you go into any boulangerie/pâtisserie you’ll notice a vast...
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Sainte-Barbe, the Beginning of Christmas in Provence
The 4th of December, Sainte-Barbe, marks the beginning of Christmas in Provence known as Calendale...
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What is Pain d’Epices?
Christmas in France is all about food and at this time of year you see supermarket shelves and...
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Ganses – Food for Carnival
It’s Carnival Time. Carnaval de Nice is in full flow which means, to put it bluntly,...
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What is le Réveillon?
Le réveillon is the evening before Christmas (Christmas Eve) and the evening before New Year’s Day...
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September – C’est la Rentrée!
September – c’est la rentrée! School’s back! If you have spent any time at all...
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Christmas Traditions in Provence
Christmas in Provence is full of traditions both ancient and new, religious and secular, making it...
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Transhumance, Autumn and a Hill-Top Village
Every year in early autumn in the Alps animals that have spent the summer grazing in high pastures...
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What is a Bûche de Noël?
The Christmas meal in France, eaten on the evening of the 24th of December, wouldn’t be complete...
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How to Make Galette des Rois, Traditional Epiphany Cake
January is the month of la galette in France. La galette des rois, or King’s Cake, a flaky...
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