French holidays - les fêtes et les jours fériés en français

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French holidays
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les fêtes et les jours fériés en français
holiday / feast
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la fête
holidays
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les vacances
public holidays
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les fêtes légales
national holidays
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les fêtes nationales
moveable feasts
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les fêtes mobiles
religious holidays
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les fêtes religieuses
Catholic feasts
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les fêtes catholiques
carnival
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le carnaval
New Year's Day
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le Jour de l'an / le Nouvel an
Easter
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les Pâques (m)
Easter Monday (1 day after Easter)
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le Lundi de Pâques
Ascension Day (Thursday, 39 days after Easter)
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l’Ascension (f)
Whit Monday (Monday after Pentecost, 49 days after Easter)
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le Lundi de Pentecôte
Labour Day and Lily of the Valley - Day (May 1)
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la Fête du Travail et la Fête du Muguet
WWII Victory in Europe Day (May 8)
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la Fête de la Victoire
Bastille Day - French Independence Day (July 14)
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la Fête nationale / Prise de la Bastille
Assumption of the Virgin Mary to Heaven (August 15)
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l’Assomption (f)
All Saints’ Day (November 1)
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la Toussaint
Armistice Day - the end of WW I (November 11)
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le Jour d'armistice
Christmas Day (December 25)
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le Noël
Epiphany / Three Kings’ Day (January 6)
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l’Épiphanie (f) / la Fête des Rois
Candlemas (2 February)
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la Chandeleur
Valentine's Day (February 14)
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la Fête de Saint-Valentin
Fat Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Tuesday / Pancake Day) - last day of the carnival, the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
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le Mardi Gras (dernier jour du carnaval, qui précède le mercredi des Cendres, premier jour du Carême)
Ash Wednesday
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le Mercredi des Cendres
Lent
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le Carême
April Fools' Day (April 1) - a day when people are playing jokes on each other
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le 1er avril, le jour des farces
April fish (a joke or a paper fish that people tack to each other’s back as a trick)
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la poissons d'avril (une plaisanterie ou un poisson de papier qu’on accroche dans le dos de personnes dont on veut se moquer)
Happy New Year!
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Bonne Année!
to make it a long (four-day) weekend
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faire le pont
best wishes
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meilleurs vœux
Long live France!
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Vive la France!

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