Q&A: What holidays does France, or the French celebrate?
Question by BBT: What holidays does France, or the French celebrate?
WHat are some typical foods the French eat on their holidays.
Best answer:
Answer by diablozaune
One exemple :
“In France, Candlemas (French: La Chandeleur) is celebrated with crêpes, which must be eaten only after eight p.m. If the cook can flip a crêpe while holding a coin in the other hand, the family is assured of prosperity throughout the coming year.”
Not really an holiday, more a tradition.
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Bastille Day on July 14th which is their Independence Day equivalent and the biggest holiday in France. There is a Bastille Day Parade down the Champs Elysee, Lots of fireworks, dancing in the streets, etc.
good evening,
see the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_holidays
we have special meals for christmas:chicken of bresse (very known in france),oysters,lobster .
have a good day
Christmas : There’s plenty of choice of course, but a Frenchy French meal would be Foie gras, hen of Bresse, a special rolled Christmas cake called buche (log) http://www.restoenligne.com/images/chroniques/buche_de_noel.jpg
1st Jan : Champagne and food and fun
6th Jan : Epiphany (King’s cake day) not a day off. You put a little figurine in the marzipan cake, the person who gets it become the king (or the queen) and get to wear the crown. http://www.stprivatdespres.com/images/galette.jpg
2nd February : Candlemas (Chandeleur) not a day off. Eat pancakes with jam or sugar or chocolate. And be careful when you flip them not to get them stuck on the ceiling or to splatter them on the floor. French pancakes, not the US kind.
http://actublog.blog.pacajob.com/public/img/crepes.jpg
1st May : International Workers’ Day / May Day – no special food, you offer lilies-of-the-valley
8th May : end of WWII
11 may 2008 : Pentacost
14th july : Bastille day – dancing and fireworks, military parade
15th August : Assomption
1st nov : All saints day / Day of the dead, time to visit the graves of your relatives
11th nov : End WWI