French Holidays

In some areas of France children put out their shoes for gifts the night before this Saint’s Day.

• St. Sylvestre

• St. Valentine

• St. Nicholas

The start of the French Revolution is commemorated on this day in France.

• le quatre juillet

• le quatorze juillet

• le vingt-quatre juillet

The Tour de France is the longest and most strenuous bicycle race in the world. It is divided into about 20 stages and lasts approximately 3 weeks in what month?

• mai

• juin

• juillet

A tradition on this day is to tape paper fish to each other’s backs.

• le premier novembre

• le premier avril

• le premier janvier

Labor Day is a public holiday to honor working people. In the US it is celebrated on the first Monday in September. In France, people also celebrate Labor Day, but on what date?

• le premier avril

• le premier mai

• le premier novembre

In France le six janvier families celebrate the Epiphany with a cake with a small figurine or bean hidden inside, and whoever gets it in their slice is the winner. What holiday is this?

• Noël

• King’s Day

• Queen’s Day

On this holiday in France people go to the cemetery and place chrysanthemum flowers (mums) on relative’s graves.

• le premier novembre

• le premier avril

• le premier janvier

On this holiday, children love to look for chocolate eggs hidden in the yard. They believe it is the church bells ringing which brings them.

• Easter

• Christmas

• New Year’s Eve

Le 8 décembre, during this festival people put colorful candles in their windows, the city church is lighted and there is a light show in the center of town.

• The festival of candles

• The festival of stars

• The festival of lights

This film festival takes place in this city in the Southern part of France every year in May. Directors, producers, and stars from all over the world come to show their new films and compete for awards here.

• Paris

• Lyon

• Cannes