This year we started a new tradition for Christmas; one of us would choose a country and we'd try to celebrate the holidays in their traditional way. It was my turn first and I choose France. It was really fun learning about their traditions and trying to make all of the amazing food they eat!
We learned that they celebrate on Christmas Eve with le réveillon or a 5 hour dinner, ending with la Buche de Nöel and coffee. They put their shoes by the tree which they fill with candy and such, and open gifts at midnight with champagne. The left over feast is enjoyed on Christmas Day.
We started our réveillon with a selection of cheeses, smoked salmon and various fruits and of course French baguettes.
Then we had roast turkey with cranberry sauce, cheese soufflés, asparagus with hollandaise, bussel sprouts, roasted potatoes and green beans:
Finally the Yule log or la Buche de Nöel:
we added fruit and chambord to it! Also there was lots of red wine and so many cookies, from palmiers to macarons!
We each got a sewing kit from Maison Sajou in France, a long coveted item!
It was amazing and we definitely enjoyed this Christmas and all agreed to revisit and expand on the French traditions as best we could.
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