French Holidays

During the national music festival there are all types of music played in the streets of every village and town on this date (the first day of summer).

• le 21 juin

• le 21 juillet

• le 21 août

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

• St. Sylvestre

  le 31 décembre

  (le réveillon du jour de l'an)

• St. Valentine

  le 14 février

  (la fête de l'amour)

• St. Nicholas

  le 6 décembre

  (la fête de la Saint-Nicolas)

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

• le quatre juillet

• le quatorze juillet

• le vingt-quatre juillet

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

• Noël

• l'Épiphanie

• Pâques

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

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

• le premier novembre

  (la Toussaint)

• le premier avril

  (le poisson d'avril)

• le premier janvier

  (le jour de l'an)

A traditional French Christmas dessert called "La Bûche de Noël" is a cake decorated like ...

• Star

• Christmas tree

• Yule log

• Sleigh

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.

• la fête des chandelles

• la fête des étoiles

• la fête des lumières