From a cozy gathering in Montreal to a Creole-inflected dinner in New Orleans, the two stories that follow reveal how Catholic holiday celebrations have transformed over the years in these two ...

France celebrates eleven public holidays each year, which is the second highest number of annual holidays in Europe after Austria. Additionally, two other holidays are observed in certain regions in ...

Thousands of fans are expected to gather at Chamrousse 1650 ski station in south-eastern France for a day-long festival of DJ sets and workshops on winter sports such as biathlon, ice hockey, tandem ...

The day before Ash Wednesday is known to some as ‘Fat Tuesday,’ the French word for Mardi Gras. It’s a day where people enjoy foods that usually don’t agree with their diet, like red meat and pancakes ...

Seattle's French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures, part of the Seattle Center Festál series, celebrates the diversity of traditions, ideas, dialects and more that comprise ...

French people typically celebrate this day with various traditions and customs. May Day in France has its roots in the United States, where workers’ unions mobilized in 1884 to demand an eight-hour ...