EUROPEAN TRADITIONS AND FESTIVALS

On the 25th of December, people celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Christian people go to Midnight mass on Christmas eve and sing carols together.
Houses are decorated with christmas trees and on christmas eve, children put their shoes buy the tree or next to the fire-place. legend has it that during the night, Father Christmas comes through the fireplace and puts loads of presents in the shoes of the children who have been good and obedient all year.
In fact everybody gets all kinds of lovely gifts and the whole family meets for a HUGE Christmas dinner...

Fanny, Marlène, Anne, Alexandra.

Some famous recipes like... Christmas Log, Cooked Foie Gras, Breast of Duck in Green Pepper Sauce, Chocolate and Almond Truffles...in French or in English

A very nice web link to know more about Christmas.

Brigitte Parry or Pat Spiller

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