Carnival is a really festive season in France. Many schools organise parades and it is a great opportunity to dress up. Like3
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Carnaval, Mardi gras, Carême
Mardi gras (Shrove Tuesday, litteraly Fat Tuesday) is the last day before Carême (Lent) which starts on Mercredi des Cendres (Ash Wednesday). On that day, people are supposed to eat rich food before fasting, a religious ritual for Lent. Pancakes and pancake races are very popular on mardi gras in the UK. French people have their […]
La Saint Valentin
February 14th, Valentine’s Day, is almost worldwide, considered to be a day of romance; the day to celebrate your special Valentine, as if you wouldn’t do so everyday! It finds its origin in either the ancient Roman festival Lupercalia, kind of spring cleansing ritual for health and fertility, or named after a Christian martyr in the […]
La chandeleur (children)
Children usually like La chandeleur. Maybe a good opportunity to make them play with the recipe. They can read it and then check their reading. Finally use the recipe to make crêpes and then eat them with friends and family. RECETTE DES CRÊPES RECETTE DES CRÊPES À COMPLETER Read more about la chandeleur Like4
La chandeleur
Every year on the 2nd of February, la chandeleur (Candlemas, festa candelabrum in Latin), is celebrated in France. Originally Candlemas was Christian feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (40 days after Christmas) and feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus. Over the years it became a pagan tradition with its myths. Candles were lit […]
Les mots de l’Avent
Today is THE DAY when children are finaly allowed to open the first little window of their Advent calendar (calendrier de l’Avent). A moment they have been looking forwards to for days, maybe weeks! Les mots de l’Avent L’attente (n.f.): the waiting period / season (for Christmas) Les bougies (n.f): the candel […]
Faire le pont (2)
La Toussaint (All Saints’ Day) is a public holiday in France. If Halloween (which means the eve of holy, so the 31st of October) is still a very marginal celebration, and mainly consumer orientated, the 1st of November, la Toussaint is Christian festival. People go to cemeteries and place flowers on their family graves, in honour […]
Halloween
Une araignée (n.f.): a spider La citrouille (n.f.): a pumpkin La chauve-souris (n.f.): a bat La lanterne (n.f.): a lantern La nuit (n.f.): the night La sorcière (n.f.): a which La soupe (n.f.): the soup Le balai (n.m.): the broom Le bonbon (n.m.): the sweet, candy Le chapeau (n.m.): the […]