1. Noël en France

2. Christmas celebrations start on the 6th of December in France.
La fete de Saint Nicolas

3. Some French people attend midnight mass on Christmas Eve.
However- often this is at about 8pm!
This is called
Le Réveillon
(the awakening)

4. French children don’t have a Christmas stocking……
They leave their shoes by the fireplace…..
Le Père Noël leaves
small presents in
their shoes!

5. La bûche de Noël is a traditional Christmas dessert in France.
It is called the Yule Log in English.

6. La Galette des Rois
It is a cake eaten on the 6th January (Épiphanie)
The cake has a charm inside it.
Whoever receives the charm
is the King/Queen
for the day!