Christmas vacations in France can be spent in the most special way with your loved ones beside you. It is the time of the year when the entire family comes together to celebrate and worship. On Christmas Eve, the beautifully lit cathedrals and churches in various cities in France have choir singing Christmas carols. The entire ambience in France becomes vibrant with the preparations for the Christmas season. Spending Christmas vacations in France can be a great experience as during this time the whole country takes on a special charm and everyone gets into the festive spirit.
Christmas Celebrations in France
If you happen to spend your Christmas vacations in France, you can experience the unique way in which the French celebrate this special occasion. During Christmas nearly every French home displays a Nativity play or crèche as it is called in France. The Nativity play is the highlight of the Christmas celebrations in France. In several cathedral squares in France, both players and puppets enact the story of birth of Christ. On Christmas Eve, little children place their shoes by the fireplace and wait for it to be filled with gifts and joys from Pere Noel. On Christmas morning these children find sweets, fruit and nuts hanging on the tree.
The cake is an important part of the Christmas celebrations in France and it is served in large quantity at the grand feast of the season, called le reveillon. Le reveillon in France is a very late supper, which is held past midnight mass on the eve of Christmas. If you spend Christmas vacations in the north of France, you will see that children get their gifts on St. Nicholas' Day, which is on 6th December, while adults exchange gifts on New Year’s Day.
Christmas Shopping in France
With the coming of Christmas, shopping in France takes on a whole new meaning. The market places in various cities like Brissac-Quince, Colmar, Strasbourg, and Montlouis-sur-Loire among other French cities offer a whole range of attractive items. Few towns such as Strasbourg, Nancy and Colmar take on special charm when you see fairy-tale timbered buildings and several Christmas shops filled with cuckoo clocks and ornaments. Special markets are set up during the Christmas season in France, which starts selling their wares from late November and continue till the end of December.
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