Because the French a few weeks (like 4,5 weeks) paid vacation usually Christmas for 1 weeks in the summer vacation with they are going to take the train drove back to his hometown with my parents together before and after Christmas is a French train than usual to full is the spring ah really not Christmas day we imagine the carnival celebrations and so on the street little shops have shut everyone in the family reunion.The carnival is in the new year's Day Christmas Eve French family will prepare some delicious French cuisine in the French eat very simple pasta cooked vegetable salad and so on sent but the day they will be divided into aperitif head the main course dessert and so on tedious steps