Christmas is the time for gift giving to those we love and hold dear to us
 ....our family, good friends, fellow workers and employers, to share with them and enjoy this holiday season. View our 'Holiday Gift Ideas Section' for everyone on your shopping list this year.

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• Chocolate Gifts for your friends and loved ones.
• Give the gift of 'Electronic Dictionaries and Translation Software', special Christmas promotions now - check out the 3 in 1 sale!
• Gifts and Baskets for family, friends, co-workers, you boss and clients.
• Give a 2008 Calendar for Christmas this year.
• Give the gift of books for Christmas.
• Give a special gift - a Paris tour or tour to other special place in a France.
• Ski Holidays - give the whole family this gift!

Christmas Cards, FREE e-Cards for Everyone on Your List

• AngelWinks Heavenly Christmas Card Shoppe - a great site!
• Awesome Greeting Holiday Cards
• Barbet's Noel Cartes - this is a great French/English site!
• Card Boulevard Season's Greetings
• Cards from 1 Greeting
• E-Cards for Christmas - animated and static.
• Free Web Cards for the Holidays
• Free Christmas cards from A fun Card for the kids  
• GoGo Cards for Christmas [must sign-up, free membership]
• Les Cartes Postales de Noel - Français
• Pere Noel - Envoid une Carte de Noel - Français
• 101 Christmas Cards
• Christmas Wishes Cards for Everyone.
• Translation Booth Christmas Cards Around the World.
• 100Free-eCards both animated and static.
• 123Christian eCards.

Great Animated Christmas Cards [Not Free but Minimum Annual Fee]

• Jacquie Lawson - highly recommended for a small annual fee with great cards!

Christmas Decorations & Christmas Trees  [Sapin de Noël - the Christmas Fir Tree Traditions]

• Christmas Tree History  
• Christmas Tree Traditions                         
• An article: Sapin de Noël
• The introduction of the Christmas tree in Canada

Christmas Flowers From the Best

• Send Fresh Flowers, Flower Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Christmas Plants to friends and loved ones.  Flowers say it all!

Christmas in Francophonia and Regional Traditions

• Christmas in Belgium, there are two Santas!
• Christmas in France - a really nice site!
• Christmas in Luxembourg and the "Klees'chen" can be seen on many occassions - "Klees'chen", in fact, is none else but St. Nicholas.
• From the BBC - A French Christmas!
• Paris Tourism Office and Noël Events & Happenings.
• Christmastime in Paris  - what's happening with photos.
• Paris Markets and More Info
• Joyeaux Nöel - Christmas in France by Oiver Mailon, age 12
• Lyon's Festival of Lights Dec 8 - 11th
• Lyon Christmas Market [Marche de Nöel] Nov. 27 - 24th
• New Years Eve Places To Go in Paris
• Nöel in Alsace and Un Noel en Alsace Christmas store
• Noël En France et Bonne Année!
• Montbéliard in Franche-Comté celebrates les Lumiers de Noel
• Amiens in Picardie's Marche de Noel.
• Famous Christmas Markets.
• Reims (Champagne) and the festive holiday season traditions, and More.
• Montélimar (Rhône-Alpes) - Discover the magic and delight of a provincial Christmas. Montélimar, capital of the nougat, hosts a warm, welcoming Christmas market.
• The North Pole and Christmas in France
• Paris Insider's Guide
• Christmas Traditions in France from the French Government
• The annual international exhibition of Christmas crèches at Rivière-Éternité, Christmas crèches are nativity scenes [crèche is a crib/manger]
• Santons are the little clay saint figures to go around the crèches
• Holiday Names

Christmas Markets

• Amiens Marche de Noel 2007
• Avignon Christmas Market
• Belgium's famous European Christmas Market from December 2 to January 1 every year.  As the year’s end draws near, the Christmas markets blossom in many cities and towns in Belgium. Visit the Village de Noel in Belgium.
• Boulogne-Sur-Mer Christmas Market
• Brussels Yuletiede Festivities
• Christmas in Colmar
• Christmas in Metz
• Le Marche de Noel de Lille
• Luxembourg Christmas
• Avignon Christmas Market
• Strasbourg's  famous Christkindelsmärik from 29 November - 24 December 2003 (Every year) - have been held in the city since 1570, and are among the finest Christmas markets in Europe. One of the largest takes place at the Place Broglie in the heart of the city.

Christmas for Children - Crafts, Songs, Clip Art, Stories Plus...

• Chansons de Nöel from around France
• Christmas Songs in French
• Christmas Songs from Les signets de Diane
• Holiday Stories and Traditions
• Kidado Noel cartes and Cartes Nouvel An
• Papa Noel fun things to do.
• Enchanted Learning Christmas Crafts for the Kids
• White House Holiday - All Creatures Great and Small

Christmas Recipes - Traditional and New Favorites

• Most requested Christmas Recipes - this is great!
• La Cuisine de Noël sous Le Genêt Isolé, a huge recipe site
• Joyeux Nöel Recettes de Nöel
• Noël au Québec Recettes
• Saveurs du Monde Noel
• Dinde de Noel [Christmas Turkey]
• Everyone attends midnight mass, and returns home for the Christmas Réveillon, [réveillon is awakening] the traditional meal eaten after Midnight Mass in France and Canada.
• Recettes Cuisine de Noel
• Recettes Traditionnelles de Noel
• The traditional Christmas meal 'Réveillon' can be Goose with Chestnuts, or  Turkey with chestnuts and mushrooms, and in Brittany it is buckwheat cakes and sour cream, Filet of Pork with Apples,  Roast Oysters on the Half Shell, Sauteed Foie Gras with Apple Julienne.
• Hundreds of Recettes de Noel here!
• Bûche de Noël the traditional Yule Log Cake, and history of the Yule Log.  
• Recettes de Noel from Saveurs
• Gourmandines France
• Three Kings Cake Recipe and a little history about the cake.

Histoires de Noël and Père Noël [Father Christmas]

• Le Village du Pere Noel
• Momes Histoires de Noel and More History
• Noel Histoires for Enfants
• Histoire de Noël
• Histoires et Poèmes
• Le Pere Fouettard [Father Spanker] is Pere Noel's helper and keeps track of who was naughty or nice!
• Petites Hisroires de Noel
• Le Pere Fouettard Lithograph in the Museum National Arts & Traditions Populaire.

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