Food
The cake shaped like a Yule log and covered in chocolate icing.
What is a Yule log?
Santa's name in France
What is Père Noël?
These are placed in front of the fireplaces in the hopes that Père Noël will fill them with candy, toys, and other gifts.
What are shoes?
The name of the hand-painted terra cotta figurines used in a French nativity scene.
What are santons?
The French word for Christmas
What is Noël?
The French meal that is eaten after midnight mass.
What is Réveillon?
Chocolate and a joke.
What are two things in a papillote?
The two farm animals always seen in a French nativity.
What are the donkey and the ox?
les huitres
What are oysters?
A purée made from fattened goose liver.
What is foie gras.
The usual main course meat and stuffing at Christmas
What is dinde aux marrons or turkey and chestnuts?
Merry Christmas in French
What is Joyeux Noël?
The name for an appetizer in French.
What is l'entrée?
A French nativity scene
What is une crèche de Noël?
The French word for shepherd
What is un berger?
What leftovers are called
What are les restes?
In Paris, they are little shows in department store windows.
What are vitrines de Noël?
saumon fumé
What is smoked salmon?