17. Joyeux Noël

French Starter Pack
CONTENTS:
Introduction
1 Salut! Au revoir
2 Ça va?
3 Comment t'appelles-tu?
Some famous French people
4 L'Alphabet
5 Ma famille
6 Les nombres 1-12
7 Quel âge as-tu?
8 As-tu des frères et des soeurs?
9 As-tu un animal?
10 Les couleurs
11 Les mois de l'année
12 Les nombres 13 - 31
13 Heureux anniversaire!
14 Les jours de la semaine
15 Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
16 Quel temps fait-il?
17 Joyeux Noël!
Consolidation and assessment

Send an e-mail cards to ce,ebrate a French holiday! Saint Nicholas Websites on Christmas and other celebrations in France Bastille day - 14th July

What you will learn in film 17

THis chapter is about how an ordinary French family celebrates Christmas..

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Saint Nicholas

The legend is of a rich young man in third century Turkey who gave away all his inheritance to the poor and needy, became a bishop, and was imprisoned and tortured by the Romans. Nicholas was brought up as a Christian. He took pity on a poor neighbour whose daughters could not get married without a dowry. Nicholas crept into the house one night, and left a gift of gold coins in the daughter's stocking which had been washed and was hanging up to dry by the fire. When the secret got out, other people hung up their stockings in the hope of similar generosity. Nicholas eventually gave away all his money to the poor and needy, and became a priest. As a bishop he was imprisoned and tortuned by the Roman emperor at a time when Christianity was illegal. For more information: Christmas in northern France: search on www.theotherside.co.uk All about St. Nicholas in French: http://perso.club-internet.fr/mcl/Saint-Nicolas/index.html or http://www.stnicolas.org

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Websites on Christmas & other celebrations
Schools in UK and France worked together on this project to record their traditions and celebrations at different times of the year, and on special days. ***HIGHLY RECOMMENDED http://www.european-schoolprojects.net/festivals/France/France.htm See also: Festivals in France, Spain and Germany
Christmas in France and Canada
Here is a really rich link for Christmas info - in a choice of English or French. The official description is: "Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada. Canada and France offer you a summary of the social and communal customs, family celebrations, and religious ceremonies that have become part of their diverse Christmas traditions." http://www.chin.gc.ca/christmas/noel.htm The website is one result of an international cultural project linking France and Canada - it has particularly interesting sections on how French customs migrated to New France, and comparing Francophone and Anglophone traditions.
French celebrations
The French website 'ChezLorry' has a great section on special festivals, "Les Événements de l'Année", with colouring, games, etc. You can ONLY see each part at the time of year coming up to the event. http://chezlorry.ca/Events.htm There are sections on: Halloween Noel St. Valentin Pâques Fête des Mères (Mothers Day) Fête des Pères (Fathers Day)	"Les Événements de l'Année" on http://chezlorry.ca/Events.htm
Search on 'Yahoo! France' for 'Jours de fete' gives a list of pages about Christmas, Easter and Hallowe"en - all in French:http://fr.search.yahoo.com/
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