Category: Living in France
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Shaking the Rug Out
The New Year's Week is not like other weeks. Though sometimes I wish it were. Usually the New Year has a way of getting under my skin pushing up memories of the past years to the surface. The New Year week…
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Provencal Santons
One of the most cherished French traditions for Christmas is putting up the creche, the nativity set. The Provencal creche is similar to North America's nativity scene, except it includes the entire village not just a handful of shepherds, drummers,…
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Buche de Noel
Photo Via Buche de Noel 1988 "Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!" Bright eyed and hopeful was the response eagerly given by my French Husband, the newlywed. The flavor was a known fact: Spread chocolate on anything and…
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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
When I arrived in France many moons ago Christmas trees were not part of Christmas as they were in the States. The Christmas consumer market had not yet taken off. The French florists usually had a few dried up…
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What Hasn’t Been Happening?
French provencal pottery, you see the piece with the green spot do you know why it is there? When people come over to our home I am afraid if they ask me a question about anything in…