Skating in St.-Malo, northern France, which opted to keep its Christmas rink. Credit... Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times. By Mélissa Godin. Published Dec. 22, 2019 Updated Dec. 24, 2019.

Germany may be renowned for its traditional Christmas markets, but visiting Alsace in eastern France should not be overlooked. The region’s capital, Strasbourg, boasts one of the world’s ...

With a big Christmas Eve dinner and treats like foie gras and King Cake, ... Joyeux Noel: How France celebrates Christmas . Originally published November 28, 2018 at 8:00 am.

Travel in Europe. Christmas in France: Friends, food and family. December 9, 2018 at 1:55 a.m. by Rick Steves ...

There are Christmas markets, and then there’s Strasbourg. I had booked a last-minute trip to this city in eastern France for my Christmas-obsessed 11-year-old daughter, Jane.

PARIS – They arrived as they do every December: gaily wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France (search). But this year, teachers unwrapped a few, took a ...

In France, Christmas Is About the Food. December 21, 2002. By Marcia Mitchell "In Provence, Christmas is about religion -- the Nativity, the mass, family, friends." ...

Parisian news photographers, Montparnasse salesgirls and, above all, thousands of confident, confiding children agreed as one that benevolent old Adrien Claude was the best Father Christmas that ...

Hello to Christmas in France, 1918. By Susan Thompson, CECOM Command Historian January 6, 2022. ... Many U.S. soldiers were still in France, or being sent to occupy the Rhineland.