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Time to check Father Christmas' clothes
When most families think about organizing Christmas time at home (more beds, more food and a good timetable), there is one man who has to be ready for his Big Day : Father Christmas. As each year, Mother Christmas has to convince her husband to try his...
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New way for madeleine cakes
Do you know this small traditional sponge cake with a shell shape that we call madeleine ? It has a pleasant story. One day around 1755, just before serving a meal to Duke Stanislas, the pastry cook left the place. It was absolutely inconceivable not...
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Time for Christmas shopping
Usually I start my Christmas shopping in summer. When I see something I like or which makes me think about family or friends, I buy it. But this year I am late, it happens to me from time to time. I managed to find presents for my penfriend, also my best...
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The chains of Sire de Réchicourt
I went to Saint-Nicolas-de-Port on Saturday afternoon a few hours before the procession in the basilica to celebrate saint Nicolas. When I entered the basilica, there were quite a lot of tourists and pilgrims walking around or stopping in front of the...
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The story of Saint Nicolas and the three children
This is the first thing we used to know about saint Nicolas when I was a child: the story of Saint Nicolas and the three children. They were three young children who were gleaning in fields. They did it for so long and so far away that it was dark and...
