{"id":30,"date":"2016-12-24T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2016-12-24T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T06:26:00","slug":"le-reveillon-de-noel-christmas-eve-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Le r\u00e9veillon de No\u00ebl\/Christmas Eve celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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French [English below<\/i>]<\/h4>\n

Aujourd’hui, nous sommes le 24 d\u00e9cembre, la veille de No\u00ebl.<\/p><\/div>\n

En France, seul le 25 d\u00e9cembre est un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9. Cependant, c’est la plus grande f\u00eate de l’ann\u00e9e.<\/div>\n
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Bien que le 24 d\u00e9cembre ne soit pas f\u00e9ri\u00e9, c’est le jour du jour du r\u00e9veillon de No\u00ebl.<\/div>\n
Le r\u00e9veillon de No\u00ebl est un d\u00eener festif et familial.<\/div>\n
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Le repas est compos\u00e9 d’entr\u00e9es, d’un plat principal et d’un dessert.<\/div>\n
Les entr\u00e9es peuvent \u00eatre du foie gras, des hu\u00eetres, des canap\u00e9s divers et vari\u00e9s, du saumon fum\u00e9, etc.<\/div>\n
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\"Moulard<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foie gras<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Le plat principal classique est la dinde aux marrons.<\/div>\n

Le dessert traditionnel est la b\u00fbche de No\u00ebl.<\/div>\n

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\"B\u00fbche<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B\u00fbche de No\u00ebl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Il existe des variantes r\u00e9gionales notamment en Alsace et en Provence.<\/div>\n

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Quand il n’y a pas d’enfant, les membres de la famille s’\u00e9changent des cadeaux apr\u00e8s le d\u00eener.<\/div>\n
Pour les petits enfants, c’est le P\u00e8re No\u00ebl qui leur apporte des cadeaux pendant qu’ils dorment.<\/div>\n
Les enfants d\u00e9couvrent ces cadeaux sous le sapin de No\u00ebl le lendemain matin.<\/div>\n
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Enfin, les catholiques assistent souvent \u00e0 la messe de minuit.<\/div>\n

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Joyeux No\u00ebl \u00e0 tous !<\/span><\/b>

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[English]<\/h4>\n
Today is December 24, Christmas Eve.<\/div>\n
In France, only December 25 is a public holiday. However, it is the biggest party of the year.<\/div>\n
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Although December 24 is not a holiday, it is Christmas Eve.<\/div>\n
The Christmas Eve is a festive and family dinner.<\/div>\n
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The meal consists of appetizers, a main course and a dessert.<\/div>\n
The starters can be foie gras, oysters, various kind of canap\u00e9s, smoked salmon, etc.<\/div>\n
The main dish is the chestnut turkey.<\/div>\n
The traditional dessert is the b\u00fbche de No\u00ebl.<\/div>\n
There are regional variations, particularly in Alsace and Provence.<\/div>\n
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When there are no children, family members exchange gifts after dinner.<\/div>\n
For little children, it is Santa who brings them gifts while they sleep.<\/div>\n
The children discover these gifts under the Christmas tree the next morning.<\/div>\n
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As for the Catholics, they often attend the midnight mass.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

French [English below] Aujourd’hui, nous sommes le 24 d\u00e9cembre, la veille de No\u00ebl. En France, seul le 25 d\u00e9cembre est un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9. Cependant, c’est […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,73,72,9,26,70,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-christmas-eve","category-civilization","category-culture","category-france","category-reveillon","category-tradition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}