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Qui était saint Valentin? (Who was Saint Valentine?) Posted by on Feb 13, 2017

Tomorrow is a day that is both loved (and possibly loathed) around the world. However, in France, la Saint-Valentin is celebrated a bit differently than in the United States. While my son and I are making valentines for all of his classmates in a show of friendship, kids don’t do this in France. Rather, la…

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La Toussaint (All Saints’ Day) Posted by on Oct 24, 2016

As Tim mentioned in a recent post, Halloween traditionally wasn’t celebrated in France and has only been exported to France is recent years from American traditions. Even when I was living in France around eight years ago, you wouldn’t see children trick-or-treat in the streets of Paris. Rather, some friends would hold small Halloween parties and…

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French Holidays – Fête du Travail Posted by on May 1, 2009

Today is International Workers’ Day in many countries around the world including France.  Originally created as an international strikers’ day as part of the labor movement in commemoration of the fight for the eight-hour work day, it is a legal working holiday or day off for most people in the countries that celebrate it.  In…

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