Where does the word "December" come from?
Why do the Lyonnais put candles in their windows on the evening of December 8?
And what does the expression “winter solstice” mean?
December is here, with its share of traditions and words of its own.
Fans of this season are impatient to decorate their living room with a green tree, or to make Advent wreaths and other festive adornments with their own hands.
Christmas is only 23 days away ...
Did you know that the word "December" is borrowed from the Latin "decem"?
This word means
ten,
"December being the tenth month of the Roman year".
And that the Advent calendar was first marketed in Munich by publisher Gerhard Lang in 1908?
The boxes did not yet exist.
Originally, the calendar was divided into two supports: one contained twenty-four pious images, and the other twenty-four numbered windows, with one verse for children to read per day.
Did you also know that the tradition of feasting on the evening of December 31st comes from Les Poilus?
In 1915, when the Great War got bogged down, a Christmas truce was granted.
The troops were in dire need of comfort.
On the evening of December 31, they are then distributed food and good bottles, which the soldiers uncork ... at midnight.
Once the war was over, they would have continued this custom at home.
Where does the word "Advent" come from?
Why do we cut a tree shortly before Christmas?
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