What do French people eat for Christmas? Typical French meals + MORE French Christmas traditions!

[@sharaharper2253]

I live in Australia, so Christmas is hot hot weather. Going to the beach for a BBQ lunch is popular, otherwise, family gather at home and eat cold cuts of meat with plenty of salads and fruit platter (watermelon, mango and cherries are favourites), dessert is Pavlova with cream and fruit. After lunch there’s plenty of time for beer and cricket in the backyard.

[@trinadymanke8400]

this is so interesting!!

[@Edukalebylucie]

That is so fun to hear about, thanks or sharing!!

[@shannonh2541]

Sounds lovely ☺️

[@davidsabagha8093]

U stay in France?​@@Edukalebylucie

[@gimlimis]

In Denmark We celebrate on the 24. aswell, but We also sing Christmas hymns while ‘dancing’/walking around the Christmas tree❤️🙏

[@Slapchop721]

Dancing around the tree sounds fun!

[@Edukalebylucie]

That sounds lovely!

[@CentsibleLivingWithMoneyMom]

My Father is from Hungary. My Mother's Mother is from Norway and her Father is from Switzerland. I have to say that France has the most delicious and well prepared food .It is funny because when we came back from our trip, my daughter Caroline , did not want to eat American food. I actually celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas. One of my favorites are stuffed dates, figs and cabbage. Your channel is wonderful. I am happy I found you.

[@Rosebud4u1]

Ha ... 🙂 We do Hanukkah But when I was young & we had christmas with the other half of the family, it was christmas eve, decorations were not over the top... mainly the important piece was the christmas tree, some of the fam where christian, some catholic so christmas eve was midnight mass.. before mass we would have the pre dinner things, champagne or cocktails & mulled wine would be on the stove, after mass... we would come home for the main which was usually some kind of roast cooking while at mass. Then cheese & desserts... desserts were the main thing usually a few to choose from. Put sacks or stockings out for st nick... the next morning, The day after christmas eve was a slower day eating left overs ect... Now for hanukkah.. the hanukkiah is the joy in the house, lighting it every eight nights, but we don't do the present things for eight nights, so its kind of no shopping rush, the decorations are blue & white, before they were gold, silver & some other colour... lots of white lights in house... after all Hanukkah is about lights! We use to eat fried foods but we don't eat much fried food, for health reasons, this year it was a turkey roast & festive sweets & cheese, pate, dips, nuts ect... French, Jewish Australian .. Messianic Beliefs Mostly we eat over eight nights normal food & leftovers Which is kind of good as it gets quite hot here in Oz ... as a kid it was a struggle staying up after midnight. Even though we do hanukkiah, we still have mulled wine, champagne, eggnog & the occ beer! We love all the decorative lights in our area

[@dietfreefoodie9538]

Thank You, very nice video :) Advent calendars (typically chocolate like yours) are very popular here in czech republic. We usually make DIY calendar with small gifts in my family. Last year I made one for my mom consisting of homemade instant oatmeal packets (quick cooking oats, nuts, seeds, spices, dried fruit - every day was different) so she had a little snack at work. I have a lot fun making them :)

[@Edukalebylucie]

That sounds so cool, my sister made a DIY advent calendar for me one year too, best gift ever!

[@theafic3833]

Also 27 years old, and chocolate calenders are a must. I bought a ferrero rocher calender. So good 🥰

[@Edukalebylucie]

Oh wow didn't even know it existed, I totally have to try it!!

[@katiestegman8083]

I love hearing about Christmas traditions from different cultures - especially the food! Great video. I'm in the US, and we split our celebrations pretty evenly between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Kids are always up bright and early on Christmas morning to see what Santa put under the tree and in their stockings. I like to have cinnamon rolls and coffee (and egg nog for my son) on Christmas morning. And we always bake cut-out cookies and frost them about a week or so before Christmas and have them throughout our celebrations. We love mulled wine, too, and I even make it at home using my Swedish grandmother's recipe. It makes the house smell so dreamy. Happy Holidays to everyone out there and especially to you, Lucie!

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thank you so much, and all of your traditions sound so lovely!

[@katiestegman8083]

@@Edukalebylucie Thank you! ☺

[@brendastevens9077]

It is really interesting that my Grandma would have so many of the food you have in France for Christmas too. The only thing is, I do remember having duck, but Prime Rib would be added. We even would have that Chocolate Log Cake. Thank you for doing this video. It really brings back Wonderful Memories.😊💝

[@Charlierose214]

Like Latin America & Spain the 24th is the big celebration!

[@Slapchop721]

Loved this video! A day-long feast sounds so much more enjoyable than sitting down for a big meal and feeling stuffed. In the US sometimes the calendars are only 12 days (I think because most people here don't know 12 Days of Christmas are actually Christmas to 3 Kings Day, not the days leading up to Christmas). I ended up with two 12 Day ones, so I am starting with a candle advent calendar then a Cheese calendar.

[@Edukalebylucie]

Two calendars sounds really cool haha

[@thegreatest4714]

LOVE your content

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thank you so much!!

[@melissat9120]

Oh! In America when I was a kid, we put out our slippers for St. Nicholas Day! (:

[@Edukalebylucie]

Oh that's interesting!!

[@Untamed_ayla]

I lived in England years ago and discovered advent calendars ! When I moved back to the US , and had my girls, I gave them advent calendars every year ! They love them ! They are 11 now and got 3 this year each !

[@Edukalebylucie]

Advent calendars are so awesome haha

[@jmb1101]

I'm American of Italian descent but my mom was the All American Girl (whatever that means), so we never had anything special Christmas Eve but we did do Advent Calendars and had ham, sweet potatoes, etc. for Christmas Day. When I got married, my husband (Irish background) LOVED German food so we started the tradition of having different types of bratwurst, pretzels, sauerkraut, etc. for dinner for Christmas Day. And we always start the day with my homemade cinnamon rolls which is my daughter's request every year. Now those 2 things are a given no matter what else we do! And, since we are a small family of 3, we go out to dinner on Christmas Eve. We always open one present on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas Day - kind of a mix of traditions as my family always opened around midnight on Christmas Eve after my sister and I were older. Our relatives - especially my SIL who is from Madagascar but spent many years in France brings a Bouche de Noël if they celebrate with us.

[@debrasams2362]

So fun to hear about Christmas celebrations around the world. Thank you.

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thank you for watching!!

[@shannonh2541]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thank *you* for watching!

[@purduegal1]

This was so interesting! In America, I sewed advent calendars for my husband and I with pouches for the 12 days leading up to Christmas and we customize them by putting inexpensive little gifts or chocolates for each day

[@jbradley9884]

When I was little I had a cloth Advent Calendar that my mum had in the 40s when she was a child- it used to br filled with sweets and chocolate. One year my dad melted some chocolate anc poured it over z sprout! I didn't even notice 😅

[@Edukalebylucie]

So interesting!! Some people here do that too, but for 24 days!

[@88ashjen]

I didn’t grow up with a specific Christmas traditions. I am adopting them along the way. I definitely do the advent calendar with my kids and we decorate the tree with ornaments that we collected and not the colored ornaments. I’ve always wanted to try the log dessert as it looks so yummy. It may be something I practice for next year.

[@Edukalebylucie]

That's awesome too!!

[@miraclebuensuceso1668]

In Philippines we gave the longest Christmas (Sept. 1 - Jan. 8) :)

[@Edukalebylucie]

Oh wow!!

[@jamesdepasquale9602]

Are you familiar with the Treize Desserts tradition from Provence?

[@katejuliaw]

Love this video! I majored in French in undergrad (even though I’m an acupuncturist 😂) so incorporate a lot of French culture into my life especially now that I have a 7 month old daughter :) I live in America and we always have a big Christmas Eve meal (always beef tenderloin and brussel sprouts, salad, cheese course, cranberry mold, and crème brûlée for dessert!) We decorate the tree at the beginning of December, all white not a lot of color (decorating is very individual to American families). Christmas gifts with extended family Xmas eve and Xmas morning gifts with immediate family. We always make homemade sugar cookies and decorate them individually on Xmas eve day and give leftovers to family and friends after Christmas. Yes to advent calendar! Very popular here but the chocolate pieces are a lot smaller in the US surprisingly! Haha Christmas movie traditions are very popular here in the US leading up to Christmas. Typically old fashioned American films (like White Christmas, it’s a wonderful life, a Christmas story, etc ) but my family also always watches Love Actually every year :) And we have Christmas markets too! I live in Chicago so we have ours downtown. Pictures with Santa for children is also common so I will take my daughter to do that at the department store downtown sometime before Christmas.

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thank you so much for sharing all of that, so interesting, and I totally forgot about Christmas movies, we love to watch them here too!

[@diannholland]

I am on the edge of Kansas, right next to Missouri. I think that one of the things that we do here are "Lighting Ceremonies" Each town seems to have one. Usually called: "The Lighting of the Mayor's Christmas tree." In Kansas City on Thanksgiving Evening there in the Plaza Lighting ceremony. The whole place is drenched in BILLIONS of lights. We go to our local Arboretum for something called the luminary walk. Where the walkways of the Arboretum are lined with countless candles. There are carolers singing, Ending at the main building with hot cider or hot chocolate. But my FAVORITE part is the luminaries on the waterfall and stream the candlelight reflecting off the water is MAGICAL. On Christmas Eve, we exchange ONE gift each. Typically something small, and in our family, it is often a book. Christmas day is the main gift exchange, followed by a journey to the family member that is hosting the family Christmas dinner We take turns for host duties. If you hosted Thanks Giving, You don't have to do Christmas too. If you are not hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas, you get one of the other American holidays. I had thought that this was normal growing up. But I discovered it is just what my family does.

[@Edukalebylucie]

That was so interesting to read, thanks for sharing!!

[@jbradley9884]

I LOVE mulled wine and I'm in my 50s and STILL have an Advent Calendar every year! A chocolate one of course, never a beauty one. My friend got a pork scratching one 1⃣ year 😋 Same traditions as UK except we have the meal on Christmas day (but twice did have did meals on 24th!) I love a good Christmas Market too!

[@Edukalebylucie]

Haha there's no age limit for advent calendars 😂

[@xassy]

Hi Lucie. Wonderful video, I love that you spend so much time for dinner with the family. Advent calendars have become very popular in the US now. This year my is a fancy chocolate calendar and I do the whole ritual, prayers and all. I think our decorations are too much and bad for the environment same with gifts. My family also celebrates Christmas eve, Christmas day is so special, but I visit friends.

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thanks so much for sharing!!

[@jacquelinesmith6712]

One of the things I remember being in France 9 years ago was seeing le bouche de noel , which I later learned means the yule log in French. I would see these on display at certain shops in Grenoble, where I studied at the time. It was very cool. Another thing that I remember is those chocolates that have a fortune in them. My host parent used to have a stash of those. Les pappiottes if I'm spelling that right. Correct me if I'm wrong on that. The market stands were the highlight of Christmas time over there. I miss Christmas time in France. Hot wine was so delicious🍷 😋 .

[@Edukalebylucie]

YES les papillotes omg totally forgot to mention them, you're right!!

[@lapinmalin8626]

Christmas is one of the times when we eat the most snails if you want to know

[@fabianalopescoelho]

Nice video! 🎄

[@Edukalebylucie]

Thanks!!

[@gabrielebianchi161]

I am always left starving after French parties 🤣🤣🤣🤣 portions are too small and seem stingy sometimes 😂

[@clelia4660]

What French parties have you been to? 😅

[@Edukalebylucie]

I'm actually very surprised to hear that haha

[@pranavhinduja1182]

Coucou - Quoi de neuf ? Ça fait un éternité haha !

[@GinaMarieCheeseman]

Foie gras comes from incredible cruelty. It's banned in California.

[@jaimelaroche2872]

Well it is California 😅

[@biutp5221]

Great video! Very similar to polish culture, our big day is also 24 but we don’t eat any meat only fish. Lol the french are much more classy with their decoration, than people in usa for sure

[@Edukalebylucie]

Interesting to hear, what do you usually eat then?

[@brendastevens9077]

I do think she must have been French.