French Christmas Vocabulary

Un sapin=

• stockings
• a Christmas tree
• some holly
• a star 

une bougie=

• a window
• a candle
• holly
• a meal 

The French prefer_______ over______ when it comes to gifts

• quantity, quality 
• small, big
• red, blue 
• quality, quantity 

les marrons=

• chestnuts
• peanuts
• candies
• goose liver 

Joyeux Noël means

• Happy New Year

• Merry Christmas

• Happy Hannukah

Your Christmas traditions may differ depending upon the part of France you live in.

• true
• false 

Le Réveillon is

• Christmas eve dinner
• Christmas day lunch
• brunch

le boucher=

• baker
• butcher
• santa

A traditional Yulelog cake is called « Bûche de Noël. »

• YES

• NO

Les filles croient en père Noël.

• Santa loves his reindeer

• The girls leave Santa cookies

• The girls believe in Santa