The main holiday for Catholics and Protestants is Christmas. Although modern Europeans do not consider going to church obligatory, Christmas in no country is complete without religious symbols. At the end of the year, the streets of Paris and other, even the smallest cities in France, light up with bright lights and are filled with crowds of foreign tourists. Christmas and New Year traditions in France differ significantly from the way these holidays are celebrated in other countries. The first thing that catches your eye is the unpopularity of the New Year tree. Instead, the main symbol of French Christmas is the manger where Christ was born (la creche). The “main nurseries of the country” are installed on the main square of Paris in front of the city hall. In a huge tent, a whole world is built with the moon, stars, biblical (and non-biblical) characters and a laser show. Many families make their own nurseries, and stores display nurseries in their windows.
As in Russia, in France Christmas is a family holiday that unites relatives around a large table. Christmas dinner is a serious event for which preparations begin a month in advance. It even has a special name - Reveillon (awakening). Traditional French Christmas dishes vary from region to region, but poultry, oysters, fish, cheese, fruit, pies and chocolate desserts are almost universally present.
When a large family gathers at the parents' house, everyone participates in preparing the treat, because traditional Christmas dishes in France are very complex and require not only skill, but also time. While women prepare meat, side dishes and desserts, men open oysters, uncork bottles of wine, and children set the table. Christmas dinner is preceded by an aperitif. A little whiskey, gin and tonic or dry wine with cheese, ham or nuts will help guests wait for the feast and increase the anticipation of gastronomic pleasure.
The Christmas goose is an international holiday attribute. In France, goose dishes are so popular that a special breed of geese was developed - the Toulouse - weighing up to 12 kg. France exports huge numbers of these geese around the world before Christmas. In addition to goose, turkey and chicken are stuffed, baked and fried; Capon dishes are especially popular. Simply roasting a bird for Christmas dinner is unworthy of French gourmets. The turkey is stuffed with truffles, champignons, pork, poultry liver and marinated in wine or cognac; duck marinated in a sauce made from oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and anise; chicken is baked with poultry liver, ham, celery and nuts. The baked bird is served with spices and a garnish of chestnuts, pears and other vegetables and fruits. In addition to poultry, rabbit can be baked. Salads of green vegetables with olive oil and wine vinegar can be served with meat.
The goose is the most important bird in French cuisine, as foie gras is made from its liver. France produces about 20,000 tons of foie gras a year, and most of it is eaten during the Christmas holidays. Only specially fed birds can be used for this famous French dish. Although the prepared dish can be bought in the store, many French housewives prefer to cook foie gras themselves before Christmas. This dish is usually served with bread or toast. It goes well with onion sauce and truffles, prunes, apples, quinces, cherries, dates, blueberries and currants.
Oysters, lobsters, stuffed fish and black caviar are attributes of luxury that all French people strive to afford at Christmas. For the holiday, just live oysters are not enough; they are used to prepare intricate hot dishes and serve with sauces. Black caviar is usually served with pancakes. Truffles are another attribute of Christmas luxury. They are added to many dishes or served as a side dish for meat or fish. French cuisine is unthinkable without cheese. It is served as a separate dish with good wine. Cheeses with additives are not welcome on the holiday table; preference is given to classic varieties. Cheeses are usually savored slowly, from soft to hard.
After the hearty main courses, it's time to socialize over a glass of wine and prepare for dessert. By the way, about wine. At the Christmas table they drink good wine, selected for each dish. It is customary to drink oysters and fish with cold, very dry white wine. According to unwritten rules, foie gras is served with a rare, golden semi-sweet wine from Bordeaux - Sauternes. Red wine goes well with the bird. If the food is fatty, heavy, with a bright taste and aroma, choose a denser wine. If the dish is delicate, then the wine should be lighter. Christmas dinner in France is not complete without champagne. Glasses of champagne are traditionally raised at midnight, but it is also acceptable to drink foie gras or desserts with it. The fashion for vodka has recently appeared in France. It is associated with arctic exoticism, which the French associate with Pere Noel from Lapland and salmon from Scandinavia. The French have not yet learned to understand vodka, and drink it in small sips.
The hardest part about French Reveillon is leaving room for dessert. Usually several types of sweets are prepared for Christmas. In Provence, for example, it is customary to serve 13 different desserts (in honor of Christ and the 12 apostles). Of course, it is impossible to eat everything on Christmas evening, and sweets remain on the table for another 3 days until December 27th. The traditional 13 sweets include chestnuts, quince pastille, almonds, raisins, apples, pears, oranges, watermelon, sponge cake, dark and light nougat, calissons (candied fruit, almond and sugar sweets) and fougasse or Provençal wheat bread. As in Russia, in France New Year and Christmas are associated with tangerines. They are used to prepare charlotte, ice cream, salads and serve in their natural form. The French love chocolate in all forms. These include chocolates, mousses, ice cream, and cake...
In the 19th century, the Christmas log (Bûche de Noël or Yule log) became the national Christmas dessert in France. Initially, it was a long roll with rich cream, decorated with forest attributes of chocolate and berries. Modern buche de noel is a thin sponge cake with a light filling, rolled into a roll and filled with chocolate glaze. There are many recipes for dough and filling and options for decorating a Christmas log. The idea of a Christmas log dates back to Yule (the pagan festival of the winter solstice). In pre-Christian Europe, it was customary to leave an unburned log from the holiday hearth for the next year to bring good luck to the house. Even after Christianization, this custom continued in France until the 19th century. The log, burning in the hearth since December 25, was decorated with fir branches, flowers and even lumberjack tools and left to be used after the New Year.
The Christmas feast ends with coffee and a digestif in the morning. The digestif is usually cognac or Calvados.
Not only people, but also our smaller brothers should be fed on Christmas evening. In France, special attention is paid to cats, for whom it is unacceptable to leave them hungry on this day, and to birds, for whom many feeders are built.
Unlike Christmas, New Year in France is celebrated with fun parties and trips to restaurants and clubs. This is not a family holiday, but rather a friendly holiday. At New Year's dinner, the same dishes are usually served as at Reveillon, but without decoration and strict adherence to traditions. New Year's holidays in France usually last until January 5, when the French gather with friends or relatives and celebrate the day of Epiphany. The menu for this holiday should be reminiscent of Christian symbols - the lamb and fish. For dessert, “Pie of the Magi” is served, inside of which a porcelain figurine is baked. The one who gets it is considered the king of the festive evening, and then buys the same pie for the whole company. This custom has a parallel with the pagan Saturnalia, during which the king of the holiday was chosen using a bean seed baked in a pie.
Christmas recipes from France
Ingredients:
goose (about 4 kg),
goose liver,
500 g bread (baguette),
500 g Italian raw minced sausages,
1 onion,
1 clove of garlic,
1 egg,
200 g chestnuts,
300 g raisins,
100 g red wine,
butter and olive oil,
parsley, thyme, cloves to taste.
Preparation:
Soak the raisins in wine for a day. Clean the goose from fat, remove the liver, separate the wings and fry them in a frying pan, then place the whole goose there and fry, add salt and pepper. Fry the liver too. In the same pan, fry the onion and garlic.
For the filling, cut the sausages and fry with onions until cooked, add chopped liver, raisins and whole chestnuts. Then add the crumbled bread, egg and spices. Fill the goose with the stuffing and trimmed fat, brush the bird with butter, place in the oven preheated to 200C and bake for about 90 minutes, basting occasionally with juice.
Ingredients:
chicken meat per frying pan,
100 g lard,
150-200 g champignons,
5-6 small onions,
100 g cognac,
1 bottle of ordinary red wine,
1 tbsp. flour,
vegetable and butter for frying,
bay leaf, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Divide the chicken into portions and fry for 10-15 minutes in a mixture of vegetable and butter. After removing the chicken, add lard, mushrooms, chopped garlic and whole onions to the pan. Return the chicken back, sprinkle everything with flour and spices and pour in cognac. Simmer the dish for an hour, gradually adding wine. A few minutes before cooking, add salt and pepper.
Ingredients:
250 g goose liver,
250 g pork fillet,
20-30 g lard,
300-400 ml milk,
100 g truffles or porcini mushrooms,
0.5 bottles of cognac or Madeira,
pepper, bay leaf, nutmeg to taste.
Preparation:
Clean the liver from films and fat and soak in milk. Stuff the liver with mushrooms, pour over cognac or Madeira and leave for 3 hours. Grind the pork fillet and liver with mushrooms in a meat grinder, add salt, spices and alcohol in which the liver was marinated, mix thoroughly. Place the resulting mass in a baking dish, placing slices of lard on top. Bake foie gras in a water bath at the rate of 30 minutes per kilogram of weight. Serve the dish very cold and no earlier than 2 days after preparation.
Ingredients:
for test:
150 ml flour,
50 g sugar,
2 yolks,
70-100 g butter,
salt to taste.
For filling:
10-12 peeled sweet apples,
5 tsp melted butter,
6 tsp Sahara,
2 tbsp. lemon juice.
For impregnation:
50 g butter,
1 vanilla pod
5-6 cloves,
3 star anise,
1 cinnamon stick,
2 eggs,
50 g sugar,
3 tbsp. flour,
salt to taste.
Preparation:
Mix flour, sugar and salt in a blender, add butter and yolks, stir, form the dough into a ball and cool for 20-30 minutes.
Grease a baking dish with oil and divide the dough into 2 pieces. Roll one part into a pancake and place it in a mold, divide the other part into several, form ropes out of them and place them around the perimeter of the pie. Cover with a towel and leave in the refrigerator overnight. After this, bake the cake for about 10 minutes until light golden brown.
Mix apple slices with lemon juice and oil, place loosely on a baking sheet, season with sugar and bake for about 30 minutes. Once the apples have cooled, arrange them vertically, pressing them tightly together on the pie.
Melt the butter in a frying pan, remove the seeds from the vanilla, add both the seeds and the pod to the butter. Add the remaining spices to the oil and cook over low heat for about 20-25 minutes, stirring frequently, then remove the spices. Mix flour, eggs, sugar and salt, add the resulting flavored butter, mix and pour this mixture over the apple pie. Bake the pie over low heat for about an hour. Serve cool with vanilla ice cream.
New Year is a magical holiday filled with fabulousness. And the New Year in France, the most romantic country in the world, is undoubtedly shrouded in even more enchanting magic. Moreover, it was France that gave us the main modern symbols of the New Year - Olivier and champagne.
When is the best time to start an amazing winter tour of France? If possible, it is better to come to the country not on December 31, but a few days before Catholic Christmas, in order to get into the festive mood of the local population.
The country on the eve of the holidays
New Year's celebrations come very early in France. Already on December 6, the country begins to transform and prepare in every possible way for the holiday. According to legend, on this day Père Noel, as Father Frost is called in France, arrives on a donkey to give gifts to obedient children.
From the first days of December, ice towns are built in city squares and Christmas trees are installed, and houses are covered with bright illumination, fir paws and flowers. Everyone has a lot of time at their disposal to soak up the festive atmosphere of winter France.
All this time, numerous fairs and lotteries with New Year's souvenirs and delicacies are operating on the city streets, and shops are opening a season of discounts with minimum prices for goods.
If your plans include not only sightseeing, a delicious dinner in a French restaurant, but also shopping with a desire to purchase branded items at discounts, then plan to arrive before Christmas. On December 25, 26 and January 1 and 2, all stores will be closed, even grocery stores.
Preparing for a New Year's trip to France
Do you dream of celebrating the New Year in France? Millions of travelers will agree with your decision, and the most experienced of them will say that such a trip should begin to be prepared literally a year in advance. In order for everything on tour to go at the highest level, you will have to scroll through hundreds of sites, blogs and forums in search of the necessary information.
When planning a New Year's trip to France, you should follow some basic rules:
- Don't delay choosing a place to stay. New Year's holidays in France are in great demand, and you may not have time to book a hotel room or reserve a table at a restaurant. In addition, as the New Year approaches, prices for planes and other transport increase incredibly.
- If you don’t have a visa, you don’t need to delay getting it. To be in time for the New Year, you must submit documents no later than the first ten days of December. Moreover, visa centers are not open on New Year's Eve.
- In addition, it is better to take out health insurance. If something happens, without it it will be difficult to get help from doctors.
- It is necessary to plan the route of your future trip in advance with backup options and possible transfers. Clarify all questions regarding transport routes and travel times in order to optimally connect them. Otherwise, there will be a risk of being late for check-in at the hotel. If something happens, the pre-booked room will be given to other tourists.
- When traveling by car, you need to plan your route in detail and select rest points. And also calculate the driving time taking into account rest and equip the car with a GPS navigator. As a last resort, a current road map will do.
- Don't forget to stock up on European currency. Have several bank cards containing different currencies.
- It is advisable to speak French or spoken English. If you don’t speak languages, you need to first select a good phrasebook.
For the rest, you need to navigate based on your choice. Depending on your preferences, holidays in France in winter offer a wide range of options for spending the New Year holidays.
French Alps for New Year
Alpine ski resorts, which have rightfully earned the title of the best in Europe, are suitable for family holidays and lovers of active pastime. During the New Year celebrations, the picturesque alpine panoramas become even more beautiful. In the midst of snow-covered mountain slopes and majestic fir trees, cozy alpine villages twinkle with garland lights.
Brides les Bains
Any restaurant on New Year's Eve will offer a festive table with a variety of cheeses, wine and baked turkey with chestnuts, traditional for the French New Year. And the moments of the passing year will not be complete without fireworks. In the morning you can breathe in the fresh mountain air or invigorate yourself with skiing.
Ski resort Paradiski
There are a huge number of resorts in France, so you need to choose the best one in advance, based on location and budget. Of course, the famous Courchevel and Meribel with sky-high prices for hotel rooms of 1000–2000 euros will not be affordable for everyone.
You can look for mountain resorts with an affordable price, normal service and located near major resorts, which guarantees excellent places for skiing. These include the town of Brid-li-Bain, located near the resort of Meribel, and the village of Saint-Gervais, located very close to the famous Megève.
When traveling with children, you can visit Paradiski, where a ski school for beginners is open. France, along with Italy with its famous Dolomites, has many places in the mountains where there are so-called paddling pools - gentle ski slopes for everyone who is just starting to master alpine skiing.
Paris for New Year
The center of New Year's celebrations, as befits a capital, is Paris. Although Paris is always amazingly beautiful, on New Year's Eve it has a special fairy-tale charm. Spending the New Year in Paris is perhaps the ideal romantic trip for lovers.
Christmas market on the Champs Elysees
In the evening you can stroll under the moonlight along the romantic streets of Paris. Holding hands, walk along the Champs Elysees, illuminated by millions of lights. Enter the restaurant and celebrate the New Year by making a wish over a glass of champagne and watching the fantastic light show on the Eiffel Tower.
Eiffel Tower for New Year
At this time, people are walking on the street in traditional masquerade costumes, called Sylvester Claus. Instead of a restaurant, you can book a New Year's cruise on the Seine with a festive dinner by candlelight. This will be remembered forever.
French Disneyland in winter
Disneyland, Paris, New Year - what could be more fabulous? If you decide to celebrate the New Year in Paris as a family with children, you should definitely visit Disneyland. During the New Year holidays, the largest and most magical amusement park in the world is filled with a different meaning. Here children's New Year's dreams come to life.
Santa Clauses, gnomes and other characters walk around the park. Everything is decorated with garlands and other New Year attributes. Both adults and children will enjoy just strolling here, not to mention the many attractions. In the last seconds of the outgoing year, everyone will be treated to a magnificent laser show and a grandiose fireworks display.
The park is located a 45-minute drive from Paris, so after evening festivities you can quickly get to the hotel and continue celebrating the holiday. The New Year's program at Disneyland begins in early November and ends in mid-January, so tourists will have time to plunge into the kingdom of fairy tales.
Cost of budget travel for the New Year holidays
On New Year's Eve in Paris, the price and demand for hotel rooms increases significantly, so you need to look at all accommodation options and prices for the planned days long before your trip. It is advisable to do this in the fall by booking rooms by phone or on the website.
- On average, the price of a double budget room with everything you need during the New Year holidays ranges from 20 to 300 euros per night. And if you book in advance, even less. Moreover, many hotels offer discounted six-day passes. Such a subscription can cost no more than 200 euros.
- A flight can cost 200 euros or more depending on the airline and date. The cheapest flight is with transfers, which can cost 240 euros per person.
- A New Year's dinner in a good restaurant or a cruise will cost 80–500 euros.
Taking everything into account, an independent New Year's budget trip to France, depending on your goals and choice, can cost no more than 800 euros. And this will not only be the New Year in Paris, but also several days in the mountains, where not only ski lovers will have a great rest, but also everyone who wants to wander along the winter, snowy trails, go sledding, and enjoy the cleanest mountain air.
Sacred nativity scene.
Friendly donkey and his rider
Pere Noel! French babies scream when they call their Grandfather Frost. They probably have to repeat their invitation several times, since, unlike his Russian relative, he gets to the holiday not on a reindeer sled, but on a cute donkey. But he is so kind that he visits his little admirers not once, but twice a year. This happens on St. Nicholas Day and Christmas. But if the child was disobedient, did not want to brush his teeth, was capricious and greedy, then instead of a gift in the shoe he will receive a rod. After all, grandfather is not only kind, but also fair.
At the family hearth
Another touching New Year's tradition in France is lighting the fireplace. All relatives gather near the hearth, the head of the family pours cognac and oil on the previously prepared field, and then sets it on fire. When the fire goes out you need to grab some coals. They should be put in a bag and stored for a whole year. This will certainly bring good luck!
But on January 1st comes the most pleasant part of the celebration. Everyone starts exchanging gifts. And you can get what you have been dreaming about for so long for 12 months. Usually these are books, cards, toys and decorations. The tradition dates back to the times of the Roman Empire, but to be honest, in those days gifts were somewhat different.
Coronation
On January 6, the New Year holidays come to an end. It is on this day that the Catholic Epiphany takes place. The hostess serves a pie on the festive table, but not a simple one, but a surprise. Previously, it was an ordinary bean, but now it has been replaced by a miniature figurine. If you are lucky and you get a piece of the pie as a surprise, then you will become the king. Not a country, of course, but a holiday. And the crown will not be made of gold, but of cardboard, but this in no way diminishes the importance of the lord of fun. In addition, the largest piece of the pie will also be intended for you. Well, what could be better?
Fireworks rain
On New Year's Eve, the sky over France seems to bloom. Thousands and thousands of multi-colored fireworks rise up, captivating the eye and bewitching with their unearthly beauty. The streets are filled with spectators, among whom you can find many magicians, musicians, clowns and actors. Laughter and fun can be heard everywhere and this continues for two whole days.
Grape tradition
But residents of the southeastern part have no less extravagant entertainment. They light torches and head in a friendly procession to the vineyards. Exactly at midnight you need to pick a bunch of grapes, then the whole year will be successful.
Having celebrated last Christmas in France, and New Year and Orthodox Christmas in Russia, I was once again convinced of how different the local holiday traditions are from ours. I would like to cite ten of the most striking differences, although there are, of course, many more.
"With coming!"
Such congratulations do not exist in France. There is only universal bonne annee(happy new year), and it is used only immediately when the new year has already arrived. I once tried to congratulate the French in December, in response to which they looked at me in surprise and explained that it was too early. I had to wait until January 1st to pour out all the accumulated wishes, which, by the way, is also not particularly accepted. They just want bonne annee, or in a fit of generosity they can add more bonne santé(good health), but such varied wishes as ours - “change jobs, buy a car, get a husband” - should not be expected.
It must be said that in France they generally do not attach much importance to holidays. In Russia they like to congratulate everyone on everything: on Knowledge Day, on the last day of spring, on the first day of summer, on Constitution Day. Here they wish you, at best, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Easter and Happy Mother's and Father's Days.
Christmas tree decoration
Unlike Russian houses, where the Christmas tree can be decorated at the same time as cutting New Year's salads, in French houses it appears already in early December. But they also remove it quite early, at the very beginning of January.
Christmas is more important
As in all Catholic countries, Christmas in France is a more significant holiday than New Year. Christmas is celebrated at home with the family. On December 25, it is almost impossible to find open establishments, and the streets are empty - “there is not a single cat,” as the French say.
It is customary to spend the New Year in the company of friends, and not with family. Some celebrate it in a restaurant, some in a nightclub, and some on the street.
About holiday food
If you, like me, cannot imagine the New Year holidays without salads generously seasoned with mayonnaise, then cook them, but only in small quantities. There is a possibility that the French will not appreciate your culinary feat and you will eat them yourself.
The French do not really like it when some external elements interfere with their traditional order of things.
On the French table you shouldn’t expect everything at once, as is customary here. Here dinner is very formal and leisurely. Everything is served in order: first the appetizers (usually oysters or foie gras, or both), then the main course (duck, chicken, salmon, game - every family has different traditions), then cheese, and only then dessert ( traditional chocolate roll in the form of a log), and after it coffee or tea for those who wish. And naturally, all of the above is accompanied by good wine and champagne.
The French do not really like it when some external elements interfere with their traditional order of things. Therefore, when I bring my Olivier salad and herring under a fur coat to a festive dinner, they are very confused and don’t know what to do: on the one hand, they don’t want to offend me and immediately put them on the table to show their gratitude, and, on the other hand , it is clearly noticeable that they are not very happy that some kind of pink mayonnaise-fish mass has fit into their thoughtful menu.
So don’t be upset if the first time your salads were received rather restrainedly and without shouts of delight: after a couple of years, your French surroundings will get used to them and even love them.
What about the chimes?
I asked myself this question when I celebrated my first New Year in France eight years ago. While in our country all residents of the same time zone simultaneously raise their glasses to the chime of the Kremlin clock, here no one is puzzled by the exact time. It’s just that at a certain moment someone takes the initiative, announces that it’s time, and everyone starts counting down from ten to one in unison, and then they knock their glasses and kiss.
In France, they simply do not invite the most revered and deeply respected guest in Russia - television - to the celebration.
President's speech
Another difference follows from the above: rarely does anyone take an interest in the president’s speech. To be honest, I don't even know if he says it or not, but I guess he should. However, for some reason I have never heard it, although I have celebrated the New Year in a wide variety of places and companies.
Fireworks
While in Russia every self-respecting citizen considers it his duty to go out into the street after twelve and set off at least one firecracker in honor of the holiday, in France everything is much quieter. Some big cities have fireworks displays, but they are not nearly as big as those we are used to seeing in Russia.
To see beautiful fireworks in France, you need to come on July 14, when Bastille Day is celebrated here. On this day, not a single village can do without the most incredible fireworks.
Chinese calendar
In France, few people even know about its existence. Nobody here cares whether the coming year will be the year of the dragon, the dog or the rabbit. The symbols of the Chinese calendar are completely absent on gifts and souvenirs. Therefore, you are unlikely to be able to collect a collection of towels and mugs with images of different animals.
Holidays
While almost all of Russia has been celebrating the New Year for a good week, smoothly flowing into Christmas, in France no one has canceled work between December 25 and January 1. Only these two days are holidays, and everything between them is normal working days. Moreover, if 25 and 1 fall on a Sunday, neither Friday nor Monday are declared a holiday. It is believed that you were simply unlucky and you can only wait until next year to get longer holidays.
Feast of the Three Magi
Christmas and New Year are not the only end-of-year holidays, as the French call them ( fê tes de fin d’ anné e). On January 6, France also celebrates Epiphany or the Feast of the Three Magi. And although this day is not a day off, certain traditions are still associated with it.
On this day they eat "galette de roi" ( galette des rois), which literally translates to “pie of kings.” This is a puff pastry pie with almond filling, in which a small figurine or bean is hidden. Traditionally, the youngest in the family hides under the table, closes his eyes and tells who to give each piece to, while one of the elders cuts the pie and distributes the portions according to the instructions. Whoever gets the figurine becomes the king, receives a cardboard gold crown as a gift and the obligation to bring a pie next year.
In theory, this delicacy is eaten on the sixth day in the family circle, but in fact it is eaten throughout the week and several times - at home, visiting, at school, at work. Because the pie is really delicious and is sold on every corner.
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As a child, it always seemed to me that the New Year, like Christmas, is celebrated the same all over the world. However, later I learned that each country has its own characteristics of celebrating these holidays. We will talk about them.
CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTMAS TABLE IN FRANCE
For example, New Year and Christmas in France are celebrated somewhat differently than in Russia, since their main emphasis is on Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25th. And, of course, it is a family holiday. None of the local residents celebrate Christmas in restaurants, bars and other establishments, so the owners close their establishments on this evening, which tourists do not like. On this evening, as a rule, the French stay at home, decorate the house together, and cook. Unlike Russia, where the festive table is constantly filled with absolutely any dishes, in France everything is served consistently, observing traditions. First comes the seafood, usually oysters. But since oysters are not a very cheap delicacy, they are a special dish for many. Next comes the main food - duck or turkey. Chocolate cake is served for dessert. Well, of course, champagne accompanies the entire festive evening. Since children have not reached the age of majority, they receive gifts in return, which are placed under the tree by their parents, Santa Claus.
FRENCH NEW YEAR'S EVENING
Unlike Christmas, which is a family holiday, New Year for the French is a reason to go out. All establishments are open on December 31st. All restaurants and bars are packed, so the owners dishonestly take advantage of the situation by raising prices several times.
INTERESTING FRENCH NEW YEAR TRADITION
At the moment when midnight comes, strangers begin to kiss each other, thereby confirming the status of cheerful and sincere people.
I wish you to visit France during the New Year!
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