Festive season

Landemaine's 2021 Yule logs

From December 17 to 30, discover Landemaine's new 2021 Yule logs, inspired by the 4 seasons.

100% coffee Advent Calendar 2021 by Terramoka

Coffee fans, the Advent Calendar 2021 by Terramoka and 24 coffee pods will delight your December mornings.

Advent Calendar 2021 by Compagnie Coloniale

Maison Compagnie Coloniale unveils a 100% tea Advent Calendar 2021: plain teas, spicy teas, floral teas, indulging teas, fruity teas… 24 flavors for 24 days of softness.

Organic wine Advent Calendar 2021 by Domaine du Goût

Whites, reds, rosés and even spirits… Advent Calendars 2021 by Domaine du Goût are filled with small bottles to blind taste.

Advent Calendar 2021 by La Boîte du Fromager

Now we are speaking about an original Advent Calendar 2021! For the Holiday Season 2021, La Boîte du Fromager provides you with a 100% cheesy advent calendar!

Advent Calendars 2021 by English Tea Shop

Tea and infusion lovers, the advent calendar 2021 by English brand English Tea Shop will delight your taste buds.

Advent calendar 2021 by A La Mère de Famille designed by Pénélope Bagieu

This year, Paris’ oldest chocolate factory A La Mère de Famille called in artist Pénélope Bagieu to design their advent calendar 2021. And behind each window hide several sweets by A La Mère de Famille. Meet in store to get it!

Advent Calendar 2021 by Angelina

Maison Angelina Paris unveils its Advent Calendar for Christmas 2021. Inside, the best chocolate candies of the Parisian house to serenely wait until December 24.

Covid: restaurants, museums, bars, movie theaters, gyms... to reopen from mid-May?

As cultural life is almost at a standstill for months, and that restaurants, gyms, bars, places of nightlife are closed for even longer, Emmanuel Macron has just given hope to the French: in his address on March 31, the French President announced the reopening agenda of all these places will start on May 15, 2021.

Coronavirus: lockdown, UK variant and curfew, a critical week in France

In the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, January 25th's week is about to be critical in France: as the first conclusions on the effectiveness of curfew from 6 p.m. are to be known, France is heading towards another lockdown, likely to be instated on Wednesday.

Holidays: Darmanin asks Prefects to reinforce the security of places of worship

As the French are about to celebrate the Holidays in a never-before-seen context, Secretary of the Interior Gérald Darmanin has asked prefects to “significantly reinforce” security around places of worship or offices on Thursday December 24 and Friday 25, 2020.

Coronavirus: the epidemic to resurge at the dawn of the Holidays?

As Christmas and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are just around the corner, the coronavirus epidemic is resurging. A disturbing situation as France has exited lockdown recently, and before the Holiday celebrations as they also mean gatherings.

Emporio Armani Caffè Christmas Log 2020

Emporio Armani Caffè in Paris unveils its first Christmas log for 2020, with flavors of cocoa, hazelnut, Sicilian orange and Madagascar vanilla.

Christmas logs and desserts 2020 by Frédéric Cassel

For pastry chef Frédéric Cassel, the 2020 holiday season promises to be a gourmet one, with no less than 3 entremets and 6 bûches designed for gourmets!

Nicolas Bernardé's 2020 Christmas log

For this holiday season 2020, Pastry Chef and Meilleur Ouvrier de France Nicolas Bernardé invites us for a walk in the woods with a log that looks like a cut log.

Covid: curfew from 8 p.m. starting December 15 and no exemption on New Year's Eve

As the deadline of December 15 is just around the corner, France will not meet the 5,000 new Covid cases per day goal enabling to exit lockdown, as Jean Castex explained this Thursday December 10 during a press brief. The situation forced the government to toughen up measures planned, like curfew starting from 8 p.m. from December 15 and no exemption on New Year's Eve.

Covid: Castex announces curfew on December 31 starting from 8 p.m.

This December 10, Jean Castex addressed the coronavirus epidemic evolution in France and announced the next step of the progressive lockdown exit strategy. Even though curfew will be exceptionally lifted on December 24 in the evening for Christmas Eve, there will be no exemption for New Year's Eve. The French will have to comply with curfew on December 31 from 8 p.m.

Christmas logs 2020 at Thierry Marx La Boulangerie

For Christmas 2020, Thierry Marx is signing 3 playful, gourmet Christmas logs for his 4 Parisian bakeries.

Covid: WHO recommends curtailed Christmas

With the Holidays just around the corner, the World Health Organization has expressed their views on the matter. WHO recommends curtailed Christmas, saying “avoiding family gatherings would be the safest bet”.

Coronavirus: Christmas "will be either way" Olivier Véran says

Because of the spread of coronavirus in the country, some French are already thinking about the Holidays and fear they are not able to reunite with their families. French President Emmanuel Macron said he hopes they can "celebrate Christmas and the Holidays" with their families, as the new lockdown is implemented starting Thursday October 29, 2020 at midnight. As for Health Minister Olivier Véran, he warned Christmas "will not be a normal holiday", yet adding this celebration "will be either way".