The tradition of Saint Nicolas | A Coffee Break with Max

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We’re back with a new mini Coffee Break French lesson, and this time we're exploring a charming tradition that marks the start of the festive season in parts of Europe! 🎄✨

In this episode, you’ll learn all about what happens on le 6 décembre in the North and East of France, as well as in Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. It’s a lovely cultural insight and a great opportunity to pick up festive French vocabulary along the way!

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0:00.0	Hello!
0:02.0	It's me Max, and I am very
0:05.0	very happy to you
0:06.0	re-truvee
0:07.0	for a petit episode.
0:09.0	This podcast is not a part of our main courses,
0:13.0	which are made of longer episodes,
0:16.0	and typically with a native speaker
0:20.0	and a learner of the language.
0:22.8	If you want to find such episodes from the main courses, you can scroll in the feed.
0:28.5	Brief, I hope you're ready for the upcoming holiday season and all that comes with it.
0:34.9	And today, I will tell you about La Saint Nicholas.
0:40.3	The Saint Nicholas is celebrated on the 6th of December,
0:57.6	in the north and in the east of France, but also in Swiss,
1:05.0	in Luxembourg and in Belgium.
1:09.2	In these regions,
1:11.9	it's a
1:12.4	fact very
1:13.5	attended by
1:14.7	the children.
1:17.3	In Switzerland,
1:18.6	Luxembourg, Belgium,
	...

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