#french christmas traditions

[iva333can]

The Good News

In France, Christmas is called Noël. Noël means new, and, in this case, it relates to the winter solstice when the sun returns and brings more daylight. New sun is good news and needs to be celebrated. This celebration  includes exchanging gifts, festive meals, and spending time with family. It is also a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who is traditionally believed to be the reason…

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Léon-Jean-Bazille Perrault (French, 1832-1908) Out in the cold, 1890

[huariqueje]

The twelfth Nightcake and Christmas Roses - Germaine Lacaze , 1982.

French, 1908-1994

Oil on canvas , 81 x 100 cm.

[nuagederose]

an ode to my status as an amateur baker! from the top left across and then zigzagged downward:

chocolate soufflé

passionfruit mousse

blueberry muffins

black garlic chocolate mousse

olive oil cake

matcha cookies

coconut sugar caramelized plantains

brownies + blondies

smith island cake (state cake of maryland)

napoleon (“who’s he to get a cake?”)

pineapple upside down cake

prickly pear and passionfruit “high desert” cake (courtesy of yours truly—because i got tired of the pistachio and raspberry combination; variations are prickly pear and apple, and prickly pear and blood orange)

ube cookies

a stick of butter

rye bread (a favorite)

apple pie with vanilla ice cream (another favorite)

pomegranate parfait

mexican hot chocolate

hamantaschen

apple cider donuts

strawba-ba-ba-ba-berry shortcake

lemon meringue pie

”a tour of the west coast” cake (should i ever partake in a competition): blackberry/lemon for the “washington”/top tier (huckleberry can also stand in for the blackberry); marionberry/vanilla for the “oregon”/middle tier; and orange/almond for the “california”/bottom tier

chocolate babka (an absolute favorite)

bacon and cheese rolls (an ABSOLUTE favorite)

spice cake (one of my favorite things in the world)

sufganiyot

carrot cake

and last but not least, devil’s food cake

ig: badmotorartist

[mchiti]

as a muslim I do ask myself a tons of weird questions that should not concern me, like: why italy has way less tradition christmas songs compared to the anglophone world, france, the scandinavian region etc... like o come, o come emmanuel. or o holy night. why those don't really exist in italy. is it because they stayed in latin so no one knew them anymore at some point. no seriously why I need someone to talk to SHSHSHSH

[l-hydrange-holmes]

Sally

[sameore]

10manche 10mars (29th birthday).

Happy New Year everyone!

Here is that moment when you realize the first work you have posted this year wasn't even about New Year! 😵

(Yeah, I started something for New Year, but never got to finish it...)

🎃 Pumpkie: Happy birthday, Sammy the procrastinator! And it was ce 10manche 10 mars 2024! 29 years old in a year during which February had 29 days, also!

⭐Sam: Wait... wait a minute! What are you doing on Tumblr, Pumpkie?! 😶

🎃Pumpkie: Whut, can't I pay a little visit to Tumblr as well? DeviantArt is fun, but I think I can also show up over here from time to time... You know, New Year, new resolutions, ideas, all that!

⭐Sam: Alright, alright! Errrr, anyway! 🙄 10manche 10mars (di(x)manche dix mars) was just a French pun! 😄

*Dimanche => Sunday *Dix => Ten *Mars => March

🎃Pumpkie: Sammy! From my memories... didn't you also wear a Christmas outfit for this day?

⭐Sam: Oh, did I? For the sake of the festive vibes.

🎃Pumpkie: That's my boy.

[ainawgsd]

I have been tasked with making the kolacky dough

[mrsterlingusa]

Christmas Sideboard

[simmeringstarfruit]

Cherry Clafoutis

Simply decadent cherry clafoutis, is there anything more comforting? This classic French dish is neither a flan, nor a custard, nor a cake. Fact is, it’s in a category all its own! With a soft buttery custard batter and pops of cherry sweetness, be careful you don’t devour this beautiful dish all by yourself. This recipe is easy to whip up for breakfast or afternoon tea, or to serve as an elegant…

[christmaswinter]

Colmar, France

Colmar is a charming French city with an area of just 66 kilometres squared. Although it may be small, it is the home of six Christmas markets, making it one of the most photographed Christmas destinations in Europe. In addition to this, it has numerous architectural treasures in its Old Town, all of which look magnificent when covered in Christmas decorations, fairy lights, and snow.

[ergativeabsolutive]

if i was going to be born into a culture and religion i wish it had been a culture in which i can actually see hope for revolutionary change, rather than feeling like we need to just burn it all down and start from scratch. and a religion i could just leave with "okay i'm an atheist now" and not feel the need fully excise every trace of it from my mind, despair at the reality that I never can, and find myself wishing that the religion had just been killed in the cradle 2000 years ago instead. i don't hate myself, i don't even hate my family. i don't even hate the people who are a part of that culture and religion. but i wish i had been born in literally any other context. i dont want to and i dont even think i ever fully can belong to my own people, but that doesn't mean i'll belong anywhere else either. at best i'm nobody and i hate that so much

[orteil42]

hi :3 whats your opinion on beignets and king cakes? as a louisianian i feel it my personal duty to find out the funny cookie man's opinions on our local delicacies.

(i'll be adding pictures because i love food!)

beignets are of french origin and very popular where i'm from! i've often had them at school fairs, in which case they're prepared similarly to funnel cake, but they're also a typical beach snack, where they're closer to jam-filled donuts! big fan of both tho especially nostalgic for the former!

because most countries have their own variations of fried dough, i feel the need to mention that here in the netherlands we also have oliebollen, usually sold in stalls around christmas. the usual filling if any is raisins, tho i had some with kitkat filling last week (really good)

king cake similarly traces its origins to a french tradition though it seems very different from ours! i've never had it but i love love love the pretty colors you guys put on it... mesmerizing...

its french equivalent is galette des rois, which is flaky and filled with almond paste! both my family and my schools would have them in january so i've eaten so many of these as a kid

where louisianians put a little baby in king cake, we hide a small porcelain trinket in galette des rois called a "fève" and whoever finds it in their slice of cake gets to wear the paper crown that came with it! traditionally the fève is a religious figure but can be just about anything these days! when i was a kid i bit into one representing Sylvester from Looney Tunes. it looked like this:

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Posts from Your Archives – 2022 – Christmas and New Year Special -#Recipe #History - French Canadian Tourtière, Our Family Tradition by Dorothy Grover-Read

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Posts from Your Archives – 2022 – Christmas and New Year Special -#Recipe #History – French Canadian Tourtière, Our Family Tradition by Dorothy Grover-Read

Since this series began in January 2018 there have been over 1200 Posts from Your Archives where bloggers have taken the opportunity to share posts to a new audience… The topics have ranged from travel, childhood, recipes, history, family and the most recent series was #PotLuck where I shared a random selection of different topics. This series is along the same lines and is a celebration of…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Posts from Your Archives – 2022 – Christmas and New Year Special -#Recipe #History - French Canadian Tourtière, Our Family Tradition by Dorothy Grover-Read

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Posts from Your Archives – 2022 – Christmas and New Year Special -#Recipe #History – French Canadian Tourtière, Our Family Tradition by Dorothy Grover-Read

Since this series began in January 2018 there have been over 1200 Posts from Your Archives where bloggers have taken the opportunity to share posts to a new audience… The topics have ranged from travel, childhood, recipes, history, family and the most recent series was #PotLuck where I shared a random selection of different topics. This series is along the same lines and is a celebration of…

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