Les jours de fête en France sont très populaires et favoris comme chez nous, parce qu’on ne travaille pas - c’est un jour ferié. D’habitude on invite des amis, on fait de la fête, parce que ce jour est le jour d’anniversaire, d’un événement dans la vie religieuse (fête religieuse - R) ou dans l’histoire de pays (fète civile - C). Certain fètes ont lieu chaque année à la même date - ce sont des fètes fixes - F; pour les autres, au contraire, la date change chque année - ce sont les fêtes mobiles - M:
1er janvier (jour de l’an, le Réveillon /de la Saint Sylvestr/) C,F- doure toute une partie de la minuit 31 décembre au 1er janvier; we wish good year
Easter - R M - Sunday and Easter Monday - is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ
- jeudu of Saturday, the bells stop ringing and the candles are extinguished in the church = three days of darkness; Sunday morning bells returned to Rome, ring out in the garden and the children find the eggs in sugar and chocolate; Monday is the holiday when the children were two weeks of coverages
May 1: Feast Labour-C, F - is public holiday since 1947 and organizing the syndicts long défiéls
the streets - it offers a touch of thrush in his family
May 8 - C, F - Birthday of the armistice of 1945 - the end of World War Deuxime; parades
Ascension R, M - celebrating the elevation of Christ into heaven, sixth Thursday after Easter, Pentecost
R, M - Sunday and Monday ; celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles of Christ
- the seventh Monday after Easter
juilliet 14 - Day nationalle - C, F - anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, beginning the French rise up in revolution
- Parades military, fireworks, dances at night in the streets, under the lamps, the windows are decorated with flags
August 15: Assumption - R, F - Feast of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ in quelleques cities are organized processions
1 November: All Saints - R, F - Feast of All Saints, the day is the Day dead flowers are the graves of his relatives with chrysanthemums, the children have a week vacation
Nov. 11 - C, F - anniversary of the armistice of 1918 - end of the First World War, military parades, ceremonies lead monuments the dead with veterans
December 25: Christmas - R, F-is the first of the year-end celebrations which last until New Year's Day
- Eve 24 December usually happens in family, Christmas Eve is lit in every house, exchanging gifts, Christians go to midnight Mass, the children lay their shoes by the fireplace, in which Santa Claus is gifts during the night
- 25 is a holiday, the children have two weeks vacation
There are still other parties, even if they are not nonworking:
The Epiphany (Epiphany) 6.1 - R F - for this holy day we eat the cake, a traditional cake that differs by region and in which set always hidden a bean - Small personage ceramic the size of a pebble
Carnival - January-February - it is more or less celebrated in different regions; are held in street parades of decorated floats and characters disguised
Mardi Gras - the last days of Carnival, gives rise to costume balls
At Chandaleur 2.2 - the tradition is to eat pancakes
The Valentine's Day - the feast of love
Mother's Day and Father's Day - in May, June - give the opportunity for a family meal and provide gifts to parents and grandparents
Midsummer - June 24 - is a celebration of summer the longest night of the year in the country were lit bonfires and danced a part of the night, but it is a tradition that is lost
St. Catherine - 25 November - the balls of the Holy Catherine also tend to disappear
- young girls - Catherinettes - who, at age 25, were not yet married, went to the ball with spectacular hats looking for a husband
Birthdays, of course - we want happy birthday to his family, children often hold a tea which they inviten their friends, young people make a dance, the hero of the party receives gifts and blowing out the candles du gêteaux d’anniversaire
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