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Christmas in France
Celebrating Christmas in France is a joyful experience steeped in rich traditions. Many of the customs are centered around food, family, charity and the story of the Nativity. Read on to learn more. Joyeux Noël! Le Réveillon is a traditional late night feast or party held when families return from la Messe de Minuit(Midnight Mass) on Christmas Eve. While the food tradition varies from region to region, the meal is full of lavish delicacies including oysters, foie gras, escargot and roasted fowl. The Le Réveillon feast is traditionally accompanied by wines such as Anjou, Champagne, Muscadet, and Sauternes. Dessert always includes la Bûche de Noël, or Yule Log, a cylindrical sponge cake filled and frosted with chocolate buttercream. Family and friends in Paris and Île-de-France often dine on oysters, smoked salmon, pat de foie gras, caviar and champagne. In the Alsace Region of Northwestern France, a traditional meal is stuffed goose served with sauerkraut, foie gras, warm mulled wine, pain d'épices (gingerbread), and bredeles— Christmas cookies typically flavored with anise, cinnamon, or orange. In the Dijon and Burgundy regions of central France, the Christmas dinner is a turkey stuffed with chestnuts and accompanied by a Volnay or Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune wine, foie gras, finishing with la Bûche de Noël for dessert. In Provence, Le Réveillon concludes with the presentation of the 13 desserts that represent Jesus and the Twelve Apostles. These confectionaries include dried fruits and nuts, pain d'epice, La Bûche de Noël, pompe à l'huile, a flavored bread consisting of orange flower water and olive oil, andCalissons d'Aix, a marzipan pastry topped with a sugar icing. A Traditional French D’Artagnan Christmas
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