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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at LFA
ezine Dec 2006

A French Christmas -Joyeux Noël ! Bonne Année !

Naughty! Naughty!

Great Stocking Fillers!

Presents - Les cadeaux de Noël

In some parts of France, Christmas comes early when Father Christmas, Le Père Noël, brings small gifts and sweets for children on December 6th, the feast day of Saint-Nicolas

In other parts of the country, children place their shoes by the fire and wake up on Christmas Day to find them filled with presents from Le Père Noël and fruit, nuts and small toys hanging on the tree

Food & Drink - Alimentation et boissons

After Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve  people gather at home or in a restaurant for a feast called le réveillon. This usually consists of oysters, les huîtres, snails, les escargots,

 seafood, les fruits de mer, smoked salmon, saumon fumé or le caviar as a starter, followed by goose, l'oie, or some other roasted bird for the main course, all washed down with wine, le vin or le champagne

Saint-Nicolas has a partner, Le Père Fouettard, Father Spanker, whose job it is to decide whether children have been good or bad and 'reward' bad children with a spanking!

‘Vive le vent’ - 'Jingle Bells'

Vive le vent, vive le vent, vive le vent d'hiver
Qui s'en va, sifflant, soufflant
Dans les grands sapins verts, Oh !
Vive le temps, vive le temps, vive le temps d'hiver

Qui rappelle aux vieux enfants
Leurs souvenirs d'hier !
Sur le long chemin
Tout blanc de neige blanche
Un vieux monsieur s'avance
Avec sa canne dans la main
Et tout là-haut le vent
Qui siffle dans les branches
Lui souffle la romance qu'il chantait petit enfant

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