In France, Christmas is a time for family and for generosity marked by family reunions, gifts and candy for children, gifts for the poor, Midnight Mass and le Réveillon. The celebration of ...

A traditional French bûche de Noël on sale at a bakery. Every year in France, as elsewhere, people excitedly prepare well in advance for the Christmas and New Year’s festivities. As early as November ...

Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a bûche de Noël. And the French holiday ...

The cities and villages of France's northeastern Alsace region come alive each December with Christmas spirit. With Strasbourg at its center, the Christmas markets of this unique area, which blend ...

Throughout December of seventh grade, my French teacher swigged from a flask filled with a holiday concoction that she alluded to only in the vaguest terms of her native tongue, introducing it as her ...

Every year in France, as elsewhere, people excitedly prepare well in advance for the Christmas and New Year’s festivities. As early as November the avenues are garlanded with lights and the streets ...