Holidays . " Holidays " is a Party family and by excellence, which combines the celebration religious of the birth of Jesus Christ and the celebrations pagan renewal, New Year, which is also a Party religious since it marks the counting of years since the beginning of the Christian era.
The common feature of these revelry and the cadeau, the offering of a delicacy, especially when it is made through one of the great figures of popular myths (Saint Martin in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands; Saint Nicolas in the north and l east of France; everywhere else, Father Holidays).
The cake party Holidays is a very old custom, established in many regions, which wanted godfathers and godmothers to offer their godchildren an anthropomorphic cake (which has the shape, appearance of a man): puppet, swaddled child or simple bobbin.
In Ardèche, this cake is “Father January”; in the North, it's “cougnou” (the Flemish kerstbroden), in brioche dough filled with raisins and powdered with sugar; in Berry, it is the “naulet”. The tour of the houses of the village by the children on the night of Holidays is a very old custom. Wishes of prosperity and ritual songs were translated in return by various offerings, mainly food. In Burgundy, the "corniotte", corn waffle rolled into a cone, even gave its name to the quest. In Touraine, children were given the "guillauneu", an elongated pancake split at both ends, specially prepared for the occasion.[/vc_column_text]
