{"id":34367,"date":"2021-12-14T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T04:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=34367"},"modified":"2021-12-11T22:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:40:05","slug":"an-alternative-french-christmas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/an-alternative-french-christmas-song\/","title":{"rendered":"An Alternative French Christmas Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s become a bit of a tradition\u00a0at this time of year for me to share <strong>une chanson de No\u00ebl fran\u00e7aise un peu different<\/strong>. Just in time I discovered a fun one from the Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise singer <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/feeling-emotional-with-coeur-de-pirate-place-de-la-republique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u0153ur de Pirate<\/a>\u00a0\u2026 so without further ado, I hope you enjoy this alternative French Christmas song!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34372\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34372\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34372\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-350x233.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo CC0 from Nikolina at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/fr-fr\/photo\/photo-de-mise-au-point-peu-profonde-de-figurine-de-casse-noisettes-3335541\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Pexels.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Parfait No\u00ebl<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coeur de pirate - Parfait No\u00ebl (Amazon Original) [vid\u00e9oclip officiel]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njBTGumxKYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>J&#8217;ai vu la neige se poser<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>I saw the snow settle<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Comme un nouveau vent peut amener<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Like a new wind that brings<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Des espoirs d&#8217;une meilleure ann\u00e9e<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Hopes for a better year<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et le silence s&#8217;\u00e9tend alors que je vois tous les enfants<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And the silence spreads while I watch all the children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Qui attendent leurs v\u0153ux s&#8217;exaucer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Waiting for their wishes to be granted<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Mais moi je regarde le bonheur d&#8217;un \u0153il effar\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>But I watch it all appalled<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et le mal de c\u0153ur est mont\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And I start to feel ill<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Car sur ma liste pour p\u00e8re No\u00ebl je n&#8217;ai que souhait\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Because on my Christmas list\/list for Santa I only have one wish<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Qu&#8217;un beau malheur puisse t&#8217;arriver<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>That something awful happen to you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et pour No\u00ebl je voudrais couper le fond de tes bas<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">Usually refers to <em>tights<\/em>, but here is more generally referring to <em>socks<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And for Christmas I\u2019d like to cut off the ends of your socks<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Laisser de l&#8217;eau geler, faire une patinoire chez toi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Let the water freeze and make an ice rink at your place<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>J&#8217;aimerais que tu attendes \u00e0 tout jamais que je t&#8217;appelle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>I would like you to wait forever for me to call you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Passer mon temps \u00e0 br\u00fbler ce qu&#8217;il reste de ta chandelle<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">An archaic term for <em>candle<\/em>, today you\u2019re more likely to see <em>bougie<\/em> in general use<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Spend my time burning what\u2019s left of your candle<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Car c&#8217;est No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Because it\u2019s Christmas<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Un parfait No\u00ebl pour moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>A perfect Christmas for me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>C&#8217;est la mis\u00e8re pour toi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Is misery and ruin for you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Un parfait No\u00ebl pour moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>A perfect Christmas for me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>On m&#8217;a toujours dit que j&#8217;ai tout un temp\u00e9rament<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Everyone is always telling me that I have an attitude<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et que le temps agit toujours comme le meilleur pansement<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And that time heals all things [lit. time acts as the best bandage]<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Mais on sait tous les deux que je ne suis pas tr\u00e8s patiente<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>But we both know that I\u2019m not very patient<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>J&#8217;ai peut-\u00eatre vers\u00e9 du vin chaud dans toutes tes plates-bandes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>I may have poured wine in all your flower beds<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Mais moi je regarde le bonheur d&#8217;un \u0153il effar\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>But all this happiness makes me appalled<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et le mal de c\u0153ur est mont\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And I am feeling nauseated<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Car sur ma liste pour p\u00e8re No\u00ebl je n&#8217;ai que souhait\u00e9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Because the only thing I wished for on my list for Santa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Qu&#8217;un beau malheur puisse t&#8217;arriver<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Is that something awful happens to you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et pour No\u00ebl je voudrais couper le fond de tes bas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And for Christmas I\u2019d like to cut off the ends of your socks<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Laisser de l&#8217;eau geler, faire une patinoire chez toi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Let the water freeze and make an ice rink at your place<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>J&#8217;aimerais que tu attendes \u00e0 tout jamais que je t&#8217;appelle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>I would like you to wait forever for me to call you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Passer mon temps \u00e0 br\u00fbler ce qu&#8217;il reste de ta chandelle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Spend my time burning what\u2019s left of your candle<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Car c&#8217;est No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Because it\u2019s Christmas<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Un parfait No\u00ebl pour moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>A perfect Christmas for me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>C&#8217;est la mis\u00e8re pour toi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Is misery for you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Un parfait No\u00ebl pour moi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>A perfect Christmas for me<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>D\u00e9corations de No\u00ebl<\/h3>\n<p>If you need a little more traditional Christmas joy, the website Vivre Paris has released it\u2019s list of the <strong>plus belles illuminations gratuites \u00e0 Paris<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_34367-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\"><em>list of top free holiday lights in Paris<\/em><\/span>. You\u2019ll find a number of the displays I\u2019ve highlighted over the last few weeks along with a a few others <a href=\"https:\/\/vivreparis.fr\/top-des-plus-belles-illuminations-gratuites-a-paris\/?fbclid=IwAR3L0yYA2Vd0grhggO_CyOxKEYQkYEnmE7PK9Z7ar0FGWQMOxG0Yw40TMzM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HmFAPbWVMU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-a-christmas-song\/\">French Music &#8211; A Christmas Song<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;French Music &#8211; A Christmas Song&#8221; &#8212; French Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-a-christmas-song\/embed\/#?secret=EVnfOIEnr3#?secret=HmFAPbWVMU\" data-secret=\"HmFAPbWVMU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FPGzvtZtG7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-a-song-for-christmas\/\">French Music &#8211; A song for Christmas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;French Music &#8211; A song for Christmas&#8221; &#8212; French Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-a-song-for-christmas\/embed\/#?secret=BunGepXfeG#?secret=FPGzvtZtG7\" data-secret=\"FPGzvtZtG7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div>Usually refers to <em>tights<\/em>, but here is more generally referring to <em>socks<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>2<\/span><div>An archaic term for <em>candle<\/em>, today you\u2019re more likely to see <em>bougie<\/em> in general use<\/div><\/li><li><span>3<\/span><div><em>list of top free holiday lights in Paris<\/em><\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-350x233.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/252AA538-6D1D-471E-9A3A-9A4CC045B35A.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It\u2019s become a bit of a tradition\u00a0at this time of year for me to share une chanson de No\u00ebl fran\u00e7aise un peu different. Just in time I discovered a fun one from the Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise singer C\u0153ur de Pirate\u00a0\u2026 so without further ado, I hope you enjoy this alternative French Christmas song! Parfait No\u00ebl J&#8217;ai vu&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/an-alternative-french-christmas-song\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":34372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[549627,108],"tags":[507474,367,12977],"class_list":["post-34367","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-music","tag-coeur-de-pirate","tag-french-music","tag-noel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34373,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34367\/revisions\/34373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}