Holidays!

Bonjour! This is the place to learn about some of the French Holidays. There are tons of holidays, but the French do not celebrate all the same holidays we do! Below are some translations: media type="custom" key="8286738" align="center"


 * Christmas-Noël
 * Thanksgiving-Action de grâce
 * Halloween-Halloween
 * Easter-Pâques
 * April Fools Day- Poisson d'avril
 * Valentine's Day- Saint Valentin
 * St. Catherine's Day-Sainte-Catherine

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April Fools Day! Poisson d'Avril! (April Fish) They changed the first of the year from March to Januray 1, although some did not follow this change. Those who stayed with the old tradition had jokes played on them from March 25th to April 1st. These pransters put paper fish on the back on the people as their prank. Therefore April Fools or April Fish, was born!

April Fools! = Did you know that France does not actually celebrate Halloween? =

They have a holiday we do not celebrate in the United States. It is called St. Catherine's Day! media type="custom" key="8286682" St. Catherine's day is for those who are 25 and not married! Crazy, right? They send postcards to each other and pray for husbands. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">They pray: <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Or after they turn twenty-five they will pray; <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Or at 30! <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Some other things they do are make hats, usually out of Green and Yellow. And some are said to put cake under their pillow and have a dream of the man they are going to marry.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">"Donnez-moi, Seigneur, un mari de bon lieu! Qu'il soit doux, opulent, libéral et agréable!" (Lord, give me a well-situated husband. Let him be gentle, rich, generous, and pleasant!")
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">"Seigneur, un qui soit supportable, ou qui, parmi le monde, au moins puisse passer!" (Lord, one who's bearable, or who can at least pass as bearable in the world!")
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> "Un tel qu'il te plaira Seigneur, je m'en contente!" ("Send whatever you want, Lord; I'll take it!"

A St. Catherine's Day Hat Projects! You can make your own St. Catherine's day hat! > Decorate the hat! > make your own fish for April Fools!
 * Use either fake flowers or cut out flowers.
 * Use leaves to add green into your hat
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