advent calendar season
The year 2020, which has been out of order due to the influence of the coronavirus, is almost at the end of the year.
As usual,
Advent calendars are starting to appear in stores.
Due to restrictions on going out
This year, there is a sense of self-restraint in the development of Christmas products,
Even so, store windows and supermarket shelves are now lined with Christmas products.
What's interesting is that while Christmas "food" is on sale,
Christmas "decoration" means that it is in a standby state.
Even if you line up at the store,
It is "no trespassing" so that it cannot be touched.
Certainly, "decoration" is not the minimum necessary,
What a sad landscape...
Meanwhile, Advent calendars are sold openly, probably because they are treated as "food".
This year, the children
Above all, I look forward to Christmas every day!
advent calendar,
I'm sure you all are familiar with it.
From December 1st to 24th,
It is a box-shaped calendar with a small door.
when you open the door,
There are chocolates and candies inside.
Recently, there are also advent calendars with cosmetics and perfumes.
Originally a Christian practice,
While opening the door of the advent calendar one by one every day,
Traditionally, children look forward to the arrival of Christmas.
children's smiles and
It seems that the scene of family reunion comes to mind.
According to French Wikipedia,
The advent calendar originated in Germany.
Originally in Germany,
24 days (or 25 days) until Christmas
It seems that there was a habit of presenting small religious paintings to children every morning.
In 1908, the Munich publisher for the first time
Released a calendar with a small religious picture hanging on the date part.
In 1920, the first door type appeared,
The chocolate built-in type was born in 1958.
It's a new custom.
Since it is a great deal, September and October, before the restrictions on going out,
Two advent calendars collected at the press conference,
Please allow me to introduce myself.
First of all, the DIY elements are wonderful,
Dalloyau Advent Calendar 2020.
Surprisingly, a dated card was tied with a hemp string,
It was a design to hang this by yourself and decorate it.
In the photo, it is hung from a tree branch with fir tree tufts.
A natural and stylish look that Instagrammers will love!
I was impressed by the new approach of the long-established Dalloyau.
The other is Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse's Advent Calendar 2020.
This year's Christmas new chocolate,
It is said that they use Inca cacao,
The design of the advent calendar is also inspired by Inca art.
Continuing from last year, the illustrator is
Agath Sanje .
The chocolate here, especially the praline, is my favourite! !
Advent calendars are mostly calendars with different dates.
Searching for "Where am I today?"
It's probably part of the fun.
Such a small sense of fun is also heartwarming!
Below is
This is what I just took (in the morning of November 18, 2020).
Super advent calendar.
Major confectionery manufacturers all release advent calendars around this time.
But this custom
When did it become popular in France?
23 years ago when I started living in
It is an impression that was not common so far.
At the gardening specialty store "Truffaut" next to the supermarket,
The Christmas sales floor, which was off-limits two weeks ago, was open to the public.
A tree based on traditional red,
An adult mood gold tree,
There are various trees.
Which type would you like? !
There was also creche.
The crèche reproduces the scene of the birth of Jesus.
A must-have decoration for any formal Christmas tree.
When my children were little,
My second daughter once made a creche out of Sylvanian Families houses and figures.
This was quite a masterpiece. It is recommended!
"Truffaut" also has an epithree (food) corner,
There was a Bonne Maman advent calendar!
Although it is a major manufacturer, it has a wonderful retro feel that is not a child's trick, and it is a highly sensitive design.
The artificial corner is
As you can see, it was still in a withholding state.
This is a part of the window of "Truffaut".
In a word, Christmas
There are various interpretations and various ways of decorating.
Now, the French people can get out of this state of detention,
Is it December 1st as planned?
Faster or slower than that? !
Suspense continues.
It's been a really weird 2020.
Therefore, all the more
I want to wrap up this year properly.
It also strengthens the feeling that
A season of turning points for the French people,
Christmas
May this year be a time to spend with your family.
Everyone in Japan, please take care of yourself!
See you again, Abianto!
Keiko SUMINO-LEBLANC
Paris-based writer/coordinator Japanese-French translator
Moved to Paris in 1997.
After getting married and raising children in Paris, she is active as a freelance writer and coordinator. As a journalist specializing in food and lifestyle,
Contributed to numerous magazines and media in France and Japan. He also co-authored a book as a translator.
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