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Tradiciones Francia Ingles

In France, it is customary to greet people with kisses on both cheeks. While handshakes are appropriate for business interactions, close friends and colleagues typically greet each other with kisses. The town of Dunkirk holds a festival for over two months where people are showered with hundreds of kilos of smoked herrings. On April Fool's Day, it is a tradition in France to pin paper fish or live fish on unwary friends and relatives. French children are fed the same meals as adults, with a focus on vegetables and greens rather than processed foods like burgers and fries. France has over 1200 types of cheese and the average French person eats about 26 kg of cheese per year.

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Tradiciones Francia Ingles

In France, it is customary to greet people with kisses on both cheeks. While handshakes are appropriate for business interactions, close friends and colleagues typically greet each other with kisses. The town of Dunkirk holds a festival for over two months where people are showered with hundreds of kilos of smoked herrings. On April Fool's Day, it is a tradition in France to pin paper fish or live fish on unwary friends and relatives. French children are fed the same meals as adults, with a focus on vegetables and greens rather than processed foods like burgers and fries. France has over 1200 types of cheese and the average French person eats about 26 kg of cheese per year.

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Kisses, kisses everywhere

You’ll have to do a lot of puckering up once you’re in France. It is


customary to greet people with kisses on both cheeks
Now don’t go giving wet sloppy kisses to everyone, kisses are
meant for close friends and long term colleagues. A handshake can
do for business partners and clients

Something Smells Fishy


Look out, it’s raining fish! In France, this can literally
happen. ¿Where? In the Dunkirk festival that runs for
two and a half months, from January to March.

The highlight of the event holds in front of the town hall where
throngs of people are showered with 450 kilos of wrapped,
smoked herrings. Stow away the Sunday clothes and don’t
forget your umbrella.
That’s April Fish Day To You, Madame

When the world runs wild with pranks on April Fools’ Day,
something fishy is on hand in France ‒ literally.
Pinning a paper fish (or a live one, if you can manage it) on
unwary friends and relatives on April Fish Day (Poisson
d’avril) is most certainly traditional.
The papers also float a false story with a hidden fishy
reference (an Easter egg of sorts) that readers can have fun
finding out.
French Kids Are Mini Gastronauts

In France, it’s none of that mashed up puree, burgers, or


French fries and ketchup for children, no sirree! Kids are fed
the same food as adults, and there are a lot of greens and
veggies there too.
Article 2 of the Public Health Code 2011 even restricts the
amount of ketchup, mayonnaise, vinaigrette, and salt to be
served with dishes it was meant to be eaten with. This
encourages healthy diets and preserves the traditional French
cuisine
Say Cheese!!!
Camembert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Fourme de Cantal, Reblochon,
and that’s just the beginning. France is the home of cheese,
and it’s customary to share a cheesy dessert after a meal.
With more than 1200 varieties of cheese, and a billion tons of
cheese being produced yearly, the average French eats 26 kg
of cheese yearly. It’s quite possible to eat a different cheese
every day of the year!

A Wine Has Its Own Holiday

France does love its wines. It loves the Beaujolais so much


that it has its own holiday‒yep, you heard that right, a holiday.
The Beaujolais nouveau has a designated holiday annually,
on the third Thursday in November at the end of its
production.
It’s a really big deal, with people rushing to buy bottles, and
glasses are raised everywhere in a toast. In the town of
Beaujeu where it is grown, barrels of the first wine produced
are rolled down the streets, drilled through later, and then
consumed.

Baguette Treat
Normally, the French frown at eating food on the street. Food
is meant to be enjoyed and savored at home or in a nice
restaurant.
However, there is an exception. Fresh baguettes are a great
snack when you’re walking, but just the top. Eating below the
brim of the paper bag isn’t something you do here. Bread is so
important to the French that most meals are usually
accompanied with tasting bread.

Green and yellow, Green and yellow


No, we’re not talking about the Brazilian flag. It’s the Saint
Catherine’s Day celebration in France. On this day, the
married friends of unwed women over 25 give them funny
yellow and green hats.

Held annually on the 25th of November, the Saint Catherine


colors of yellow and green signifies faith and wisdom. The
colors supposedly attract husbands. Yes, you’re probably
thinking it runs against the quest for gender equality (you’re
thinking right).
DIY Groceries

If you’re used to someone bagging your groceries for


you when you shop, you’re in for a big shock in France
mon ami

Here, you bag your own groceries, dear. The reason for
this might be so you can be self-reliant, but some
people just chalk it up to French pride.

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