What holidays does France, or the French celebrate?

Question

WHat are some typical foods the French eat on their holidays.

Answer 1

Christmas : There's plenty of choice of course, but a Frenchy French meal would be Foie gras, hen of Bresse, a special rolled Christmas cake called buche (log) http://www.restoenligne.com/images/chron...

1st Jan : Champagne and food and fun

6th Jan : Epiphany (King's cake day) not a day off. You put a little figurine in the marzipan cake, the person who gets it become the king (or the queen) and get to wear the crown. http://www.stprivatdespres.com/images/ga...

2nd February :  Candlemas (Chandeleur) not a day off. Eat  pancakes with jam or sugar or chocolate. And be careful when you flip them not to get them stuck on the ceiling or to splatter them on the floor. French pancakes, not the US kind.

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1st May : International Workers' Day / May Day - no special food, you offer lilies-of-the-valley

8th May : end of WWII

11 may 2008 : Pentacost

14th july : Bastille day - dancing and fireworks, military parade

15th August : Assomption

1st nov : All saints day / Day of the dead, time to visit the graves of your relatives

11th nov : End WWI

Answer 2

good evening,

see the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_holi...

we  have special meals for christmas:chicken of bresse (very known in france),oysters,lobster .

have a good day

Answer 3

One exemple :

"In France, Candlemas (French: La Chandeleur) is celebrated with crêpes, which must be eaten only after eight p.m. If the cook can flip a crêpe while holding a coin in the other hand, the family is assured of prosperity throughout the coming year."

Not really an holiday, more a tradition.

Answer 4

Bastille Day on July 14th which is their Independence Day equivalent and the biggest holiday in France.  There is a Bastille Day Parade down the Champs Elysee,  Lots of fireworks, dancing in the streets, etc.