Every year in France, as elsewhere, people excitedly prepare well in advance for the Christmas and New Year’s festivities. As early as November the avenues are garlanded with lights and the streets ...

Read the original article on Purewow. Advent calendars were my favorite when I was a kid, so I was thrilled to learn that they’re one of the most popular French Christmas traditions, too. You’re ...

The Christmas tree or Sapin de Noël in France symbolizes the festive spirit, adorned with decorations and cherished traditions since the 16th century. Christmas markets, or marchés de Noël, are ...

The Christmas season is a time when the French set aside their treasured notions of being a staunchly secular country to revel in holiday traditions, many of them rooted in the religious practices of ...

A traditional French bûche de Noël on sale at a bakery. Every year in France, as elsewhere, people excitedly prepare well in advance for the Christmas and New Year’s festivities. As early as November ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traditional French bûche de Noël on sale at a bakery. (© Visitor7 via Wikimedia commons) Every year in France, as elsewhere, ...

Christmas dinner in France makes good on a promise to dine very well, offering everything from extravagant seafood platters to sweet treats such as the traditional Yule log cake (or bûche de Noël).