0:00Mathieu, are you coming to make the video with me?
0:03Yes. I have prepared a little... ...a little hat. Wait for it.
0:11Your ears don't fit. You sound like Santa Claus himself. That's it.
0:19Hi everyone, hope you are well. We hope you are well.
0:23We are doing this video today with Mathieu.
0:26We're going to talk about Christmas and New Year's Eve too.
0:33I hope you're comfortable, that you're warm.
0:36In Paris, it's really starting to get cold.
0:39So I made myself a little tea to keep warm and comfortable for this video.
0:45I put on my little slippers and off we went, Mathieu?
0:49We're off. We will speak as we speak in everyday
0:52life, so it will be in rather colloquial French, everyday language.
0:57If you have difficulty understanding, of
1:00course, feel free to activate the French or English subtitles if you need help.
1:07So already, right next to Elisabeth, you
1:09can see the Christmas tree that we installed a few days ago.
1:13It is too beautiful! And here it is, we decorated it.
1:15We are very, very proud of it. And generally, in France, people put up
1:19their Christmas tree three weeks before Christmas or a month before Christmas.
1:24Is that right? Yes, that's about right.
1:27So on top, you can see, we put balls, we
1:31put garlands, lights and we put a Christmas star on top.
1:37So also, sometimes people put up a nativity scene.
1:42Yes, yes, it's true that people are
1:43setting up nativity scenes, but it's less and less frequent, I feel.
1:46In the nativity scenes in general, there is the baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the
1:51donkey and the ox and we see the wise men arriving, I think too.
1:55It's true that at home there were more cribs.
1:58You probably know that I grew up in
2:00Belgium and the Catholic religion is a little more present than in France.
2:04In France, it's secular, so it's true that
2:07in Belgium it's perhaps more common to have nativity scenes?
2:11Maybe, yeah. People put up a tree in their homes, but
2:16also usually in the cities, every city puts up a big tree.
2:20In our city, it is a giant tree, it is very beautiful.
2:24They put it up long before Christmas.
2:27And also, there are Christmas markets everywhere.
2:30Yes. And then there are also trees.
2:33Sometimes there are contests between people or companies or whatever.
2:39We, for example, our janitor, she tries to make the most beautiful tree in the
2:45different buildings and she is very proud of it.
2:49And so she installs a beautiful tree every
2:51year, she spends a lot of time and energy to have a beautiful tree.
2:55And as a result, when we go downstairs, we have a beautiful tree every time.
2:59Apparently this year she crocheted ornaments herself, like when you knit,
3:06she knitted ornaments for the tree herself.
3:10Yeah. It's true that it's pretty impressive.
3:14They have competitions between the different janitors, it's fun.
3:20And on Christmas markets in general, what kind of food can you find?
3:26In France. On the Christmas markets, there are often pancakes.
3:32Me, I see a lot of sweet pancakes. Pancakes with Nutella and all that.
3:38Love apples. Pomme d'amour, it's more in the fairs. Tartiflettes.
3:43On Christmas markets? Oh yes! You are because you don't like it.
3:54I think your brain doesn't want to. Ah,
3:56yes, on the Christmas markets there are many tartiflettes.
4:00With cheese, reblochon. Yeah, but...
4:03Bacon. Christmas market, you have hot chocolate.
4:07Yes, that's right, mulled wine too. Mulled wine.
4:09Yes, with spices like cinnamon. And what else is there?
4:13After that there are a lot of stalls selling Christmas gifts or crafts.
4:19Yes, yes.
4:20Yes, you have little jewels, you have little things like that.
4:23Stones too sometimes.
4:25Yes, it is true, very often there are some stones with energies.
4:29Yeah, stones with energy. Bracelets. But you said it, jewelry. Soaps.
4:35Yeah, soaps. Honey, some of the local products. Yes, artisanal.
4:42Yes, afterwards we can also buy a lot of
4:44things that we will eat at Christmas, for example terrine, foie gras.
4:48Yeah, chocolates. Yes, chocolates.
4:50So also, before Christmas, I bought this for Mathieu.
4:54Because I know that I have no chance to
4:57eat it because at 10 o'clock in the morning, it's already eaten.
5:02It's an advent calendar. So there are... how many?
5:0624 boxes and we eat a little chocolate every day before Christmas.
5:11It makes you wait a little bit before Christmas arrives.
5:16So this is a Kinder calendar, but almost every brand makes them.
5:21Yes, yes. And even, well, when I was a kid, there
5:24were almost only chocolates, but now I see a lot of them.
5:30For example, brands. Beauty product brands.
5:33Who are going to make an advent calendar
5:37where every day you get a little sample of beauty products.
5:42I've seen even big brands, like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, they make calendars and
5:47often it's a bit of a scandal because they're so expensive and in fact it's a
5:52bit... well, there are almost only samples in them.
5:55But it's true that more and more brands are doing that.
5:58I don't know... L'Occitane en Provence, I had seen.
6:02Where it is small creams, small soaps, small perfumes.
6:05There I know there is a bank. So it's Boursorama, which has an advent
6:10calendar with a promotion every day at a merchant who is a partner of the bank.
6:16Ah yes. Yes. So it's also a marketing thing that can be used.
6:21Yes, yes.
6:22And even, there are an awful lot of companies on their Instagram accounts that
6:27will be giving away giveaways all month of December.
6:30Or influencers who partner with brands to run contests all December.
6:35It's true that the advent calendar has really expanded.
6:39Hello. Hi, beautiful, how are you? What's up? Can you hear me?
6:42Yes, are you in a HelloFrench video? Yes, it's perfect, it's great!
6:47It's for Christmas presents.
6:48Yes, it's fine, thank you very much, it's perfect!
6:52The gift Mathieu wanted is apparently out of stock.
6:56But you'll still get presents. I'll get a gift anyway.
7:02Ah yes, we were talking about Christmas markets, that's tartiflettes.
7:05It's also the season for something that
7:07you love, Mathieu, that looks a bit like tartiflettes.
7:09That you make at home with guests. A raclette?
7:12Raclette. Oh yes, yes yes yes.
7:15Mathieu likes to make raclettes at other people's houses, but not at ours because
7:20he doesn't like the smell to remain in the cushions, in the curtains.
7:25He hates it. So he likes raclettes, but not at our place.
7:28Yes, because we have a small apartment and
7:31so the smell, it remains impregnated everywhere.
7:35So yes, it's good in other people's homes and not here.
7:40And if you don't know what raclettes are, because it's very French...
7:46In fact, we use a device, we'll put the picture for you.
7:51You have like little pans, little frying
7:55pans and in them, generally, we put special cheese for the raclette.
8:02We put meat from the Grisons, ham and also potatoes.
8:06Sometimes a little bit of mushrooms.
8:09And we heat it up, it melts and then we eat it.
8:12And it's true that it's really something we do in winter, like tartiflette.
8:18Yes, it's very... it's friendly. So it's a nice moment.
8:23And it's greasy. It's greasy but it's also comforting.
8:27Après ça, c'est vrai que ça pue tout l'appartement. J'adore !
8:33En plus je ne mange pas de viande, donc j'aime bien mettre du fromage avec des morceaux d'ananas en conserve.
8:40Aahhh Mathieu déteste ça, donc la dernière fois il n'était
8:44pas là , j'en ai profité pour le faire toute seule.
8:47Non, mais elle met pareil avec les pizzas.
8:50Elle met de l'ananas sur les pizzas. Trop bon. Meilleure pizza.
8:54Bah, mon père italien, si il entend ça, je pense qu'il va me déshériter, mais
8:59Toujours dans la préparation de Noël, il y a bien sûr l'achat des cadeaux.
9:04Bah je pense que vous ne le voyez pas, mais pour le
9:06moment, il n'y en a pas sous le sapin, mais je suis quand même bien avancée dans mes achats de cadeaux.
9:12C'est juste que maintenant qu'on sort de la crise sanitaire, j'avais envie d'offrir des cadeaux plus
9:18liés à des expériences que des cadeaux physiques, que des objets.
9:22J'avais trouvé ça un peu plus sympa d'offrir des activités à faire que d'offrir des objets.
9:28Parce que maintenant qu'on est bien, on espère vraiment sortir de la crise sanitaire.
9:34J'avais trouvé ça sympa de pouvoir offrir des activités à nouveau.
9:39Et t'en es où toi avec tes cadeaux, Mathieu ? Tu as tout acheté ?
9:44Hier j'ai acheté un cadeau pour ma sœur, mais sinon non, je fais toujours ça à la
9:49dernière minute et ouais je le fais vraiment dans la précipitation.
9:53Ouais... Non, je n'ai encore rien fait.
9:55Bah, sauf un cadeau, mais sinon...
9:59Ça va, j'ai déjà ... j'ai déjà pour mon père, pour mes frères, c'est bon, mais
10:04j'avais pris ça il y a longtemps et non franchement ça va.
10:08De toute façon, j'ai toutes mes idées, il y a
10:11quelques trucs que j'ai encore à acheter, mais sinon je suis bien avancée dans mes cadeaux.
10:15Il y a aussi autre chose.
10:17Avant je commandais presque pas sur internet, j'avais pas du tout cette habitude.
10:23Et lĂ encore, depuis la crise sanitaire, je me suis
10:26un peu plus habituée à commander sur internet.
10:29Donc j'ai encore des cadeaux qui sont déjà commandés mais qui vont, qui vont arriver.
10:34Et c'est vrai que faire ses courses au milieu
10:37de la période de Noël c'est assez difficile.
10:40Enfin, les gens sont un peu fous.
10:43Mais après faire ses courses dans les magasins des fois c'est sympa parce qu'on a l'atmosphère,
10:49on a l'atmosphère de Noël, on a la petite musique.
10:53Ça peut être... ça peut être sympa, mais après il y a tellement de monde.
10:56C'est vrai que c'est la course, tout le monde se bouscule.
11:01C'est vrai que aux Galeries Lafayette c'est là où ils décorent les vitrines ?
11:05Ouais. Tu les as vues quand tu y es allée ?
11:08Il y avait des décorations, mais je ne me souviens pas.
11:10Mais il y avait un grand sapin au milieu des Galeries Lafayette ?
11:12J'ai pas regardé assez attentivement.
11:14Je ne sais pas si vous voyez... Les Galeries
11:15Lafayette, c'est un des grands magasins de Paris.
11:18C'est un des magasins emblématiques de la ville et c'est vrai que chaque année, ils
11:22font des décorations dans leurs vitrines qui sont magnifiques.
11:25Il y a des gens qui y vont juste pour voir les décorations.
11:29Et puis ils mettent aussi un Ă©norme sapin au
11:31centre du magasin qui est très bien décoré et c'est vraiment sympa à voir.
11:36Oui, c'est très beau.
11:37Ouais, ils font de très, très belles décorations aux Galeries Lafayette.
11:40Sur la préparation de Noël. Je pense que... On a fait le tour. Ouais.
11:50Donc maintenant on va passer au jour de Noël.
11:57Est-ce que tu peux expliquer un peu vos
11:59traditions en famille et comment vous le fĂŞtez ?
12:02Vous fĂŞtez le 24 au soir ou le 25 ? Ouais.
12:06Donc c'est vrai qu'il y a un débat là -dessus.
12:10Certaines personnes le fĂŞtent le 25,
12:13d'autres le 24 au soir et nous on avait le 24 au soir oĂą on avait, on mangeait bien, on avait
12:20du saumon et tout, et on ouvrait aussi les cadeaux le soir.
12:25Parce que lĂ , on est...
12:27Je sais que j'Ă©tais content quand j'Ă©tais gamin d'ouvrir mes cadeaux pour pouvoir jouer directement
12:32après sur la console parce que j'avais souvent des cadeaux liés aux jeux vidéo.
12:37Et puis après le 25, je profitais de la journée.
12:40Et puis je continuais Ă jouer Ă mes jeux.
12:42Mais le 25 vous faisiez un repas spécial ? Donc le 25, il y avait...
12:46Ouais, on mangeait un peu mieux, mais il n'y avait pas de repas spécial.
12:50C'Ă©tait... Comment dire...
12:51C'était pas... Il n'y avait pas de deuxième événement.
12:54Le premier Ă©vĂ©nement qui Ă©tait liĂ© Ă
12:56Noël c'était le 24 au soir et puis le 25.
13:00Après bien sûr on ne mangeait pas des pâtes
13:02au beurre, mais c'Ă©tait pas... On ne faisait pas comme...
13:06comme on faisait le 24. Et chez moi.
13:10Donc en général le réveillon de Noël, le 24,
13:15on le fĂŞte avec la famille de mon papa et on le fait chez mes grands-parents.
13:25Donc ça c'est pour le 24 et puis à la maison
13:28c'est un peu particulier parce que j'ai grandi en Belgique et la famille de mon papa est italienne, donc
13:36c'est pas vraiment un Noël traditionnel comme en France.
13:41Bah, le gâteau pour nous c'était pas une bûche, c'était du panettone.
13:47Ah oui.
13:48Mais on reviendra lĂ -dessus plus tard quand on va parler de gastronomie.
13:53Et puis sinon, le 25 en revanche, on le fĂŞtait avec mes
13:58grands-parents maternels et mon oncle qui est aussi mon parrain et avec mes cousins.
14:04C'était le 25 à midi, le vrai jour de Noël.
14:08Donc c'est vrai qu'on avait des cadeaux deux fois.
14:11Ah oui, t'avais des cadeaux le 24 et le 25.
14:14Oui, des cadeaux dans la famille de mon père le
14:1724 et dans la famille de ma mère le 25. T'as de la chance.
14:22Alors cette année, Mathieu, qu'est-ce qu'on fait ?
14:25C'est une année exceptionnelle.
14:27On s'est mariés en juin, donc c'est vrai que ma maman voulait qu'on se retrouve tous.
14:34Oui, donc on fait un... Donc c'est le premier
14:37Noël où ma famille et sa famille vont fêter Noël ensemble.
14:43Donc, j'ai une famille plutĂ´t petite, donc c'est
14:47limité à quelques personnes et on va tous en Belgique aller chez la famille d'Élisabeth
14:53pour fêter Noël tous ensemble.
14:57Mais c'est vrai que depuis qu'on s'est mariés,
14:59c'est plus logique de fêter Noël tous ensemble que chacun dans son coin.
15:05Ouais. Et donc le papa de Mathieu va prendre l'avion depuis Marseille.
15:09Oui, il était un peu paniqué.
15:11Probablement il va regarder la vidéo donc coucou !
15:14Et en effet prendre l'avion ça lui semblait assez... Comment dire...
15:20ĂŠtre une Ă©preuve assez difficile.
15:23Donc je me suis occupée de réserver le billet, de rendre tout ça très simple.
15:29Et donc il n'a plus qu'à aller à l'aéroport le jour J, monter dans l'avion et puis c'est
15:35la famille d'Élisabeth qui va le récupérer et ensuite on va tous chez Élisabeth,
15:41bah chez la famille d'Élisabeth pour fêter Noël.
15:45Oui, ce sera aussi l'occasion...
15:46Ton père est déjà venu en Belgique ? Non.
15:48Donc c'est vrai que ce sera l'occasion de lui montrer la Belgique.
15:52Bah, il va faire froid par rapport à Marseille, mais j'espère que le temps
15:56sera quand mĂŞme... que ce sera sympa, mais ce sera une occasion.
16:00Je pense qu'on va lui montrer Bruxelles.
16:02Ce serait sympa d'aller dans une autre ville aussi.
16:04Surtout à Bruxelles le marché de Noël, il est vraiment magnifique.
16:09Il est très étendu. Donc je pense qu'il va aimer.
16:13On va aussi lui faire manger beaucoup de nourriture belge.
16:17Donc ce sera sympa. On a hâte en tout cas.
16:21Oui, oui, ça va être bien, ça va être un bon moment.
16:23Oui, on y va pour cinq jours je crois, donc
16:25ce sera l'occasion pour lui de découvrir la Belgique.
16:27Ah oui, par contre il y a
16:29un petit... j'ai oublié de te dire, il y a une particularité cette année.
16:33Dis-moi.
16:33En fait comme tout le monde commence à avoir des enfants, qui sont en couple et tout ça.
16:38Donc on va faire le 24 au soir et ensuite on va faire le 26.
16:44D'accord. Oui, c'est bien.
16:46Et le 25, je pense qu'on peut aller se balader dans une ville qu'on va montrer à ton père.
16:51Oui oui, c'est plus important d'ĂŞtre ensemble que de respecter le calendrier.
16:56Le planning strict.
16:59Maintenant la partie que vous attendez tous. La nourriture. Ah oui.
17:06D'abord, on va vous dire ce qu'on mange en général à Noël.
17:09Et puis bien sûr, on va vous parler des plats plutôt traditionnels.
17:15Comme Mathieu est un peu difficile sur la nourriture et moi
17:18je ne mange pas de viande et j'ai grandi dans une famille belgo-italienne.
17:22C'est pour ça qu'on va vous dire ce qu'on mange.
17:26Et ensuite on va vous dire les plats traditionnels en France.
17:31Toi Mathieu.
17:32Moi déjà le foie gras, je mange pas de foie gras, ça c'est sûr.
17:39Mais tu dois dire ce que tu aimes. Oui, j'aime beaucoup le saumon.
17:43Enfin moi le saumon, je pourrais en manger que avec des petits pains ronds.
17:48C'est quoi ? C'est des toasts ? VoilĂ , des toasts.
17:51Des toasts de saumon sans beurre, sans rien, juste le saumon et les toasts.
17:57C'est vraiment très bon. Après la dinde aussi, cuite au four
18:02avec la sauce et tout, c'est trop bon. Ça, ça pour moi c'est parfait.
18:07Et puis pour le dessert, juste la bûche, au chocolat ou aux fruits aussi.
18:14En fait, moi je suis à la fois compliqué et pas compliqué.
18:18Enfin, on me donne un peu de ce que j'aime et ça me va.
18:23J'ai pas besoin de diversifier, d'essayer plein de choses.
18:26J'ai du saumon, un peu de poulet et un
18:29dessert sucré, c'est bon, je suis l'homme le plus heureux du monde.
18:35Le message a été envoyé ! Oui !
18:38Et puis chez moi, le 24, c'est souvent une entrée de pâtes.
18:49Ah, d'accord.
18:50Parce que... ah oui, mais t'as jamais fêté Noël chez moi ?
18:53Ah oui, c'est vrai.
18:55Ben tu verras, parce que les Italiens ont souvent des primi piatti.
18:59Enfin c'est... c'est tellement bon. J'aime les pâtes.
19:04Donc ce sera soit des raviolis, des cannellonis ou des pâtes au four.
19:09C'est souvent le premier plat.
19:12Et puis pour le plat principal, on fait souvent...
19:15ma grand-mère, elle fait une pièce de viande avec un légume pour accompagner.
19:21Je sais plus ce qu'elle fait... des champignons parfois.
19:25Et oui, et à l'apéritif, on fait aussi souvent... elle fait des champignons farcis avec
19:31du fromage et des petits toasts au saumon aussi elle aime bien.
19:35Mais on mange pas trop de foie gras chez moi. Ouais, ben c'est bien !
19:38Et puis pour le dessert, panettone, souvent panettone avec limoncello.
19:45Avec une crème au citron. Et parfois même des bûches glacées.
19:51Mais je sais même pas si j'ai déjà mangé une bûche pâtissière.
19:55Chez toi, c'est une bûche pâtissière ou une bûche glacée ?
19:59Non, non, c'est une bûche glacée.
20:02Mais tu aimes les bûches pâtissières ? Oui, oui, j'aime bien.
20:04Oui, du moment que c'est... du moment que c'est sucré !
20:06Ah oui. J'adore ! Il y a pas de risque.
20:08Moi, sur les desserts, il y a jamais de risque. J'aime tout.
20:13Et puis chez mes autres grands-parents,
20:16le 25, c'Ă©tait un peu plus traditionnel.
20:20Souvent ils faisaient de la dinde ou du poulet et avec des accompagnements comme le gratin
20:26dauphinois ou des petites... comment ça s'appelle ?
20:30Tu sais, c'est des petites pommes de terre comme ça surgelées, un peu soufflées.
20:37Des pommes dauphine ? Oui, des pommes dauphine.
20:40Des haricots verts beaucoup. Et aussi ce qu'on aime bien en Belgique.
20:45Je sais pas si je t'ai déjà dit, c'est de la compote de pommes, mais chaude.
20:50Ah non, tu m'as pas dit. Et aussi parfois une sauce aux cranberries.
20:54Mais c'est pareil en France, non ?
20:56Je crois que c'est pas mal de faire une petite sauce aux cranberries.
21:00Vous voyez, c'est rouge. Je sais pas si vous voyez ce que c'est.
21:03C'est un fruit rouge comme ça. C'est un peu...
21:07Je pense que si je le vois, je vais savoir.
21:09Mais là comme ça, ça me dit rien. C'est un peu un mélange sucré-salé.
21:14Et puis, pour le dessert... c'est vrai que très souvent on mangeait de la Viennetta.
21:18Je sais même pas si ça existe en France. Tu sais ce que c'est ? Non.
21:23Je vais mettre une photo pour vous.
21:25C'est comme une bûche glacée, mais je me demande si on peut pas en avoir même toute l'année.
21:30C'est franchement très industriel, mais
21:32c'est très bon parce que j'ai ce souvenir quand j'étais enfant.
21:37Oui. Oui, souvent nos souvenirs biaisent un peu les choses
21:40parce qu'on a souvent l'impression que ce qu'on mangeait était très très bon.
21:44Et en fait, quand on le regoûte, je sais pas...
21:4715 ou 20 ans plus tard on est déçu,
21:49on se dit "ah finalement c'était pas si bon que ça".
21:53Oui, ou on trouve ça très bon, mais seulement
21:56parce que c'est le souvenir et pas le vrai goût du produit.
22:00Et en tout cas cette année, ma maman m'a dit que ce serait de la dinde.
22:06Parfait. Je sais pas ce que moi je mangerai mais...
22:13Tu peux avoir une petite salade verte ! Avec des petites carottes.
22:18Avec une vinaigrette et du sel et du poivre, quelque chose de vraiment festif.
22:25Après, ce qu'on fait souvent pour le Nouvel An, c'est quelque chose qu'on aime tous les deux.
22:31C'est du poisson au four.
22:33On va chez le poissonnier acheter un beau poisson entier.
22:38Du bar ou de la daurade, et on le fait au four. Et c'est délicieux.
22:44C'est vrai qu'on fait souvent ça quand c'est pour le Nouvel An.
22:47Oui, oui, oui. Oui, c'est facile à faire et c'est très bon.
22:52Donc c'est vraiment le combo parfait. Oui.
22:56Et sur la nourriture, maintenant on va
22:59vous parler un peu de ce qui est plutĂ´t traditionnel en France.
23:04Le plat principal c'est souvent soit de la dinde soit du chapon.
23:07Oui. Ouais, le chapon. Moi quand j'Ă©tais petit, j'en mangeais chez mes
23:11grands-parents et c'était vraiment très bon.
23:15Mais je savais pas. En faisant des recherches pour la vidéo, tu
23:17savais que c'est en fait un coq le chapon ? Non.
23:20Ben, la dinde c'est la fille et le chapon c'est le coq.
23:28Ouais le chapon c'est vraiment bon.
23:30Je n'en ai jamais mangé, mais en fait je
23:32découvre que ça existait en regardant des séries en France.
23:35C'est dans "Plus belle la vie" je crois, où j'avais vu pour le repas de Noël que
23:39ils mangeaient du chapon parce qu'en Belgique j'ai jamais vu ça.
23:42Mais je sais que lĂ oĂą j'ai grandi, dans le
23:45sud, mes grands-parents en faisaient souvent pour Noël.
23:48J'avais oubliĂ©, lĂ tu me fais penser Ă
23:51ça et c'est vrai que c'était très très bon.
23:54C'est plus moelleux que la dinde, non ? Ouais.
23:57Mais je crois que la dinde, parfois les gens
23:59disent que c'est un peu sec et le chapon apparemment, c'est hyper... beaucoup plus juteux.
24:03Mais je crois que c'est très cher quand même. Ah ouais, je sais pas.
24:06Je crois que c'est très cher, mais on verra bien.
24:09Mais de toute façon, c'est bien d'y penser parce que j'ai vraiment envie d'en manger un jour.
24:14Un chapon c'est Ă©norme !
24:15Tu peux pas prendre un chapon pour toi tout seul.
24:18Non, c'est vrai que c'est Ă©norme. Mais dedans ils mettent quoi ?
24:21Des marrons ?
24:22Oui, il y avait... oui, c'Ă©tait farci mais je sais plus ce que c'Ă©tait.
24:27Mais oui, parfois c'est farci au foie gras, non ?
24:29Oui, ça peut être farci au foie gras, mais c'est pas bon.
24:33Tu aimes pas. Tu peux pas dire c'est pas bon, tu dois dire j'aime pas.
24:36T'as raison, c'est vrai.
24:37On dit souvent ça aux enfants quand ils mangent quelque chose et qu'ils disent "ah c'est pas
24:41bon", les parents les reprennent et disent on dit pas c'est pas bon.
24:45On dit j'aime pas.
24:47Parce que c'est pas à ton goût, mais c'est pas pour ça que c'est mauvais.
24:51C'est vrai. Toi tu trouves beaucoup de choses mauvaises.
24:53Oui, oui, non, je suis compliqué.
24:56Mais le foie gras c'est vraiment difficile.
24:59Ben, j'en ai jamais mangé, je crois.
25:01Et bien sûr, les huîtres, pour les fêtes de fin d'année, pour Noël et le
25:06Nouvel An, c'est vraiment un des produits phares.
25:09Oui, oui, c'est la base du truc.
25:11C'est vrai que beaucoup de gens mangent des huîtres pour Noël.
25:13Mais toi tu aimes pas. Moi non plus j'aime pas.
25:14Moi non plus j'aime pas.
25:16J'en ai goûté pour la première fois, j'étais peut-être encore à Bruxelles, donc c'était peut-être il y a 8
25:20ans et je me souviens finalement, mes amis disaient "allez, goûte !"
25:24And really, I put it in my mouth and I
25:27couldn't swallow the oyster and I thought nobody was watching me.
25:31And I really spit it back into the shell.
25:33Except, of course, everyone had seen me, so everyone laughed at me.
25:38But no, it's not for me.
25:40And every year, in December, I have lots of girlfriends who suggest that I go to
25:45bars that specialize in oysters to drink a little wine, white wine and oysters.
25:51And already I hate white wine too. But I can't eat oysters.
25:57So I'd rather stay at home with Mathieu than have to eat oysters.
26:03Otherwise, well the foie gras, we said it. Chestnuts.
26:07I love it, I love it!
26:08And there's something quite fun about vocabulary.
26:12You know that, right? That chestnuts aren't really chestnuts. No?
26:18In fact, there are chestnuts and sweet
26:21chestnuts, which are two different fruits, and in reality, chestnuts are poisonous.
26:27If you eat a chestnut, you die! Well, you die, I exaggerate.
26:32But it is toxic for the human being. And what we eat are chestnuts.
26:37But we call them chestnuts in the kitchen.
26:41We say glazed chestnuts, hot chestnuts.
26:44But in reality, we are talking about chestnuts and not real chestnuts.
26:49Here it is. Well, listen, thank you for this particular course.
26:54But yes, I know because when I was a
26:56child, we used to go with my grandfather to pick chestnuts and cook them.
27:01In the oven, and it's so good.
27:03I know you don't like it. Yeah, I don't really like it. I love them.
27:05We cook them, we cut a little with the knife so that they don't explode in the
27:09oven, and we cook them in the oven afterwards, it's all hot.
27:12It's really good, it's grilled, I like it too much.
27:19There's that, then there's what else? The truffle. The truffle, yeah.
27:23The truffle is really... I'm very happy because I really like it.
27:28But it's true that it's expensive.
27:30But every year, in the supermarkets, you can find dishes flavored with truffles.
27:36Here, I bought some truffle ravioli.
27:38I also bought - you didn't see it.
27:40A puree flavored with truffle. Ah, you saw it!
27:42Because Mathieu hates mashed potatoes.
27:45The truffle, it's true that there are many
27:47things, but even mushrooms in general for Christmas, a little chanterelle.
27:52Yes, that's good. But the truffle too, in fact. Do you like truffles?
27:56In fact, I like truffles, but when there is just a little truffle aroma.
28:00When it's too heavy, I don't like it. Yeah, me neither.
28:03When it's too much, it's kind of sickening.
28:05It smells a little like gasoline. It's sickening.
28:08Yes, I can't take truffle pizza or truffle pasta either.
28:13I really can't. With a sauce, cream, it is quickly disgusting.
28:18And then... We haven't talked about drinks,
28:21but for the end of the year celebrations, it's champagne.
28:26Yes, champagne! Sometimes wine too. Yes, the wine.
28:33Then wait. There's the champagne. Yes, it's really the drink.
28:37Yes, champagne is the basic drink for the aperitif.
28:41When the meal opens. Yes, it is sure that it starts with champagne.
28:46Besides, we don't have any champagne flutes. No.
28:49On the food, I think we're a little bit out of the loop.
28:54Yes. Now the gifts. Gifts.
28:57We talked a little bit about it earlier, where we were in the gift buying.
29:01So can you explain a little bit? Because I have a little problem.
29:05Well, I don't have a little problem.
29:08In Belgium, it's a lot of Saint-Nicolas
29:12for the children's gifts, it's really Saint-Nicolas and less Santa Claus.
29:18Okay.
29:19So it's true that I have more... Well, in Belgium and I think even in Lorraine, in
29:24the north of France, it's a lot of Saint-Nicolas too.
29:27And in France it's really Santa Claus.
29:30Can you tell us a little bit about how it goes?
29:34If you have to wear - I don't know - shoes the night before?
29:38Socks? How does it work? How do you send your list to Santa? Oh yes.
29:43How do they do it? How do the children do it?
29:45You write your letter to Santa when you're a kid.
29:48And in fact, it's funny because the French
29:52post office has a system where if you write "le Père Noël", well, they actually
29:58collect everything and send it to a destination.
30:02Everything is done to really make the children believe.
30:05Ah, they say no? And there are answers too, I think, yeah.
30:09Oh yeah, it's so cool that they're doing this. Yes, there is that.
30:12Afterwards, obviously, it's business, but afterwards...
30:18I remember that in my time, there were
30:21telephone services where you could talk to Santa Claus, and of course it cost... It cost
30:27I don't know how much, but it was around 0.
30:3030€ for a minute and they made the thing
30:33last by saying "can you repeat the gifts you would like to have?"
30:37And everything. And that meant huge phone bills for the parents.
30:43Have you called yet? And I called often, and in fact it was
30:46because I called too much that I was told that in fact, Santa Claus...
30:51And because it was expensive in the end.
30:54And so there's this, so you make your list, you say, I'd like this, this, this.
31:01And then, in general, we had a part of the
31:04list, I had a part, and then there are some who have the whole list.
31:08Afterwards, it depends on whether they were wise or not.
31:13And also the means of the parents. Yes.
31:16If they have been good and if their parents are rich.
31:18That's it, you have to be rich. So what happens after the day itself?
31:22Well, it's true that there are some who will really pay attention to traditions.
31:27We didn't have to worry about socks or anything.
31:32It was... On the evening of the 24th, we had presents under the tree.
31:40So the presents, we thought that it was
31:42Santa Claus who had brought them in the meantime, we don't know when.
31:45But it's true that in some families, it's more developed, we'll say.
31:49The children go to bed. Of course, Santa Claus comes by at that
31:53time, and then they wake up the next day and there are all the presents.
31:57There are several organizations that are
32:00done, but in my case, it was more an organization of the 24th in the evening
32:04with Santa Claus who passed like that in emergency.
32:07Yes, it can't go everywhere at once. It is strong, eh.
32:13He is obliged to dispatch.
32:14In some families he has to come on the 24th and in others on the 25th.
32:18Yes, that's it. That's why. So we didn't go on the 24th anymore.
32:22And apart from that, no.
32:24Then there's also... I know that in supermarkets, it's always business, but...
32:29There are Santas who come to take pictures with the children so that at the same time
32:35the parents buy presents here, well in the place where there is Santa Claus.
32:41So there's a whole business around that in France too.
32:44Yes, we have that, but with Saint-Nicolas more.
32:47There are a few Santas, but Saint-
32:49Nicolas, as I said, is really the flagship holiday.
32:51And there was... When I was a kid, so I guess it's still the same.
32:54But there was Saint- Nicolas everywhere.
32:57In supermarkets, in fast food restaurants, at Quick, at McDonald's, there was Saint-
33:03Nicolas.
33:04And by the way, I can tell you an anecdote about Saint-Nicolas.
33:07You know what I'll tell? When my parents, they made a mistake? No.
33:12But if you know her. I think I know it.
33:14But go ahead and say it and it will come back to me.
33:18My parents, they worked for - well, they still work for the state.
33:23And so every year, the public services organized a big St.
33:28Nicholas party for the children of the
33:31employees, and we would come and get a present.
33:36And thus they rented a huge room in
33:38Brussels where all the children were there, we received a small gift, here it is.
33:44And so, on the planned day, we go by car.
33:47My parents, they lived one hour from Brussels.
33:50We made the trip by car. I don't know how old I was. Four, five years.
33:57Sorry if I'm wrong, I think they'll watch the video.
34:00And when we get there, we want to open the
34:03doors of the building and everything was locked.
34:06And so there, my parents realized that they had the wrong date.
34:10But when you promise your child - your child of, I don't know, four years old - that
34:15you are going to see Saint-Nicolas and that you are going to get presents, when
34:21you arrive and everything is closed, the child becomes a little crazy.
34:25So we had to drive for another hour and
34:28they took me to Quick, which is a Belgian fast food restaurant.
34:36They took me to Quick and Saint-Nicolas was there.
34:40And so they told me: "You understand, he
34:44couldn't be in Brussels and at the same time at the Quick in Namur".
34:50So the city where we come from. So obviously, I understood.
34:56Yes, yes, you actually thought it was normal that it was closed, what.
35:00I thought it was normal.
35:02They took advantage of my naivety and innocence to trick me.
35:07And to get their mistake across. It's a cute story. That's okay.
35:14I remember, you told me about it not long ago.
35:16It's a good story. Because in fact, it has left such an
35:19impression on me that in my head, I think it's because my parents told me.
35:23I have a memory of my parents trying to
35:25open this door in the building and they can't, and seeing their faces decomposed.
35:29But I think it's just I recreated the memory in my head.
35:33So there you go. So that was a little aside about St.
35:37Nicholas, who is very popular in Belgium
35:39and in other countries, also in the Netherlands.
35:42I think in Romania too.
35:45I know that in France, I was surprised when we met in France that you talked to
35:50me about Saint-Nicolas and not so much about Santa Claus.
35:54I really thought that in Belgium, it was Santa Claus like in France.
35:59And in fact no, it's - well, it surprised me.
36:03Well, at Christmas, children get a very small gift, but it's true that when I was
36:09a child, we didn't talk too much about Santa Claus.
36:13In France it is Saint-Nicolas, except in the North perhaps.
36:17Yes, in Lorraine. But where I grew up, in the south.
36:20Even in the schools I went to, we never talked about it.
36:23It was really Santa Claus.
36:25It was the main event, it was Christmas, it was not St.
36:28Nicholas at all. But then, I think that St.
36:30Nicholas is really linked to - it's religious.
36:33Whereas Santa Claus is more of a commercial holiday.
36:37It's kind of made up. Yeah. Yeah, it's more the Coke thing.
36:41It's like Valentine's Day.
36:43On the subject of gifts, do you all give gifts to each other at home?
36:49Everyone gives a gift to everyone else. Yes.
36:52Because I know there are families where they do a "Secret Santa".
36:57So they draw a person in the family and
37:01they have to give a gift just to that person.
37:05So that we don't have an accumulation of
37:08gifts, or so that everyone has to spend money for everyone.
37:13But then, as in small families...
37:15Yes, it's true that we have a very small
37:17family, so it's true that if we did that, in the end there would be nothing.
37:22So yes, we all make gifts for each other.
37:26And also the "Secret Santa", I don't know how they call it in French, but in Belgium
37:32they say "faire une cacahuète" like the fruit.
37:35A peanut - it's called to make a peanut. In France I never heard.
37:40But in France, we say Secret Santa, we say it in English, right?
37:42Well yes, maybe, some people say the Secret Santa, but well, I guess it's more
37:47in Quebec that we would say something like that.
37:50But in France the "Secret Santa" was made at work.
37:53Yes, at work, it happens a lot. In groups of friends too. Yes.
37:57I've done it at school itself. And yes, at work we had done it.
38:00But it's true that it's fun.
38:02But then sometimes you run into people, either you don't really know or you don't
38:07like very much, because there are always colleagues you don't like as much.
38:12I have a friend there, she fell - she works
38:15for a big media in France and she fell on the boss of the channel.
38:21It's true that she didn't know what to do.
38:25She didn't know what to buy. It's a bit tricky.
38:29And especially often in the "Secret Santa", one fixes a sum.
38:35Yes. It is a gift of 5€, 10€, 15€ depending
38:39on - if it's at work, it's more like 5 or 10€.
38:42I had already done it when I was a
38:44journalist, I worked in a small editorial office in Brussels.
38:49And it was 1 euro I think, we said. 1€? 1 euro is a bit difficult.
38:55So I know someone had received canned ratatouille or things like that.
39:001€ - it's true that I don't see what you can offer for 1€.
39:02Then you have to do it yourself... You have to...
39:05And I don't even remember what I did.
39:09Yeah, it could be something you do though.
39:12Yes, I think, one of my colleagues, she
39:14had made cookies that she had put in a - not a box, but a jar.
39:20Yes, it's true that it's not so bad,
39:23because at least it forces you to really produce something.
39:27Whereas if you have a lot of money, you go on Amazon, or another site, and then you
39:32take it and then you don't really ask yourself any questions.
39:36But if you have a very limited budget...
39:39But it's true that it really forces you to - to rack your brains.
39:47Yes, it was fun to do that at work.
39:49What about presents, what did you ask for?
39:52What did you ask Santa for this year?
39:54So - well, it's true that for Christmas, I'm always...
39:58Well, I'm not simple because as soon as I want something, I buy it.
40:03As soon as I want something, I go on a
40:05website, I buy it, I don't really give time to the desire to be born, whereas
40:10when I was little, it's true that we are not independent.
40:14So I wanted a video game, I had to wait two months, three months to get it.
40:19And now it's not the case anymore.
40:22So it's very complicated to get something. In addition to the clothes.
40:27I'm still - I'm not simple, there are few things I like.
40:31Well, I'm not - I myself am not a gift. If you are the best gift!
40:39And so what I asked for for Christmas this
40:41year was a pair of running shorts because I'm running a lot right now.
40:48I'm preparing the Paris Marathon, I did
40:50several marathons before, so I wanted to get back into it because it's been a lot
40:54of years, it's been seven or eight years since I really ran.
40:57I have not really run, that is to say I have done long races, and so I am doing the
41:01Paris 2023 marathon and so I am preparing myself.
41:04And now in Paris it's quite cold and I need to wear shorts to be able to continue
41:11running even when it's zero degrees or negative temperatures.
41:16So that's what I asked for. What else did you ask?
41:22I didn't ask for anything else.
41:24Didn't your sister and father ask you anything? No. No, I didn't ask.
41:32Afterwards, someone asked me for a plant. Oh yes, I did.
41:37It's true that we don't really have a green thumb. Oh yes, we do.
41:40The green thumb - in French, when we say
41:43that, it means that we are not gifted with plants.
41:47So as soon as a plant enters our apartment, it dies. She dies.
41:51Almost instantly. However, frankly, we are careful, we will
41:56water it, we will try not to water it too much.
42:00We follow the standards of what to do, but the plants, they all die.
42:05It's true that it's incredible.
42:08So there, we said to ourselves, come on,
42:10this time we will take maybe, a big plant, almost a tree.
42:14To be sure. Quite robust. Well, let's see.
42:18By the way, maybe in the background, just
42:21behind me there, you can see maybe a plant that is at the end of its life.
42:26And well, we'll probably...
42:30The worst thing is that we have a lot of pots.
42:32Because we still keep the pots after the plants have died.
42:35And so in fact, when we see the number of
42:37pots we have, we know the number of plants that died because of us.
42:40And frankly we laugh but we are not proud. No, not proud.
42:44We're not proud. We asked that, what did we ask?
42:49Oh yes, we asked for a plaid too, for... I forgot to ask.
42:53I have to write it down. So if you look, we are going to buy a
42:58plaid, a plaid to protect the sofa because we are going to adopt a little dog and so
43:05it will be new for us and we will try to protect the stuff as much as possible.
43:12I already had a lot of dogs when I was
43:14little and so here in an apartment, so it's the first time we're going to have a
43:19dog in an apartment, so we're quite careful.
43:22First of all, don't leave things lying
43:24around on the floor so that he doesn't eat them, so that he doesn't choke on them.
43:28And also to protect the furniture a little bit.
43:31So we're going to put a little plaid on
43:34the couch so it doesn't scratch the leather.
43:37Because that would be a shame.
43:39It would be a shame if he destroyed everything.
43:42But he's a little dog so I think that's going to be okay.
43:46We're really excited. We'll show you when we get it.
43:50He is super handsome. He is a little fat but he is beautiful.
43:56He is not fat. No, he's fat for his race but otherwise he's not fat.
44:01In absolute terms, he's 10 pounds, right?
44:05Yes, in fact I think we'll make a video dedicated to this little dog.
44:12We'll explain why it's so big. Yes, it is true that there is a story
44:17around that and so we have a next video with the dog in store for you.
44:22With the dog. Why is it too big at three kilos three?
44:27Here we are, after, what else is there as a gift?
44:28Well, no, there's the plaid. Plants, and you?
44:35Me, wait, I'll come see my small list that I sent.
44:39I made a list and I put a lot of things in it so that my parents and my brothers can
44:46choose according to their tastes and that it remains a little surprise.
44:53In it I had put a book that I want to read. I think you might like it.
44:58It's about... I think it's about someone who was on reality TV and then got into
45:03YouTube and kind of how she exposed her kids.
45:07It's a bit of a thriller I think. But is this a true story?
45:11No, no, it's not a true story. It's a fiction. It's a fiction, yeah.
45:15I asked, well on my list rather. I put a book by... You'll hate it.
45:20Recipes for making soups. Oh, okay. Yeah.
45:26There was a bag I had seen, that I like,
45:28that I've been looking at for quite some time.
45:32Blank photo albums so we can put our wedding photos in them.
45:37We still haven't done either the wedding photo album or the honeymoon photo album.
45:43Besides, there is a video... We are waiting for a video of the wedding.
45:46Yes, we are still waiting for a video of the wedding.
45:50I put in the list a puzzle with a nice illustration.
45:55A phone case with a cord like this, it's easy.
45:58I can put it around me and no one steals my phone.
46:03Also, we had put an engraved dog tag. Yes.
46:07Oh yes, that's right. With his name and our phone number.
46:10That way, if he gets lost, we hope to get a call.
46:14Yes, that's a few gifts though.
46:15It was a bit of a suggestion, it gave me some ideas because my brother said if you
46:20don't give me an idea, I'm going to buy something stupid and that will be stupid.
46:26I should also be able to think about how to simplify people's lives.
46:33In fact, I think you have to write it down
46:35a little bit as the year goes on once you get an idea.
46:40Yeah, yeah. Then yeah, I'm still...
46:41Yes, you buy directly because you need it at the moment. Yeah.
46:44Yes, to run, I bought my water bottles, my stuff.
46:47But it's true that I could have waited a bit.
46:49And sometimes I see a promotion or
46:51something and I say okay, I'll take it right away.
46:53Well yes, there was Black Friday too, there were things I had to buy and I
47:00wanted to buy them at that time because it was 30% cheaper.
47:05There is also the oven that we could have bought.
47:07But after the oven, if you got it as a Christmas present...
47:08Yes, we got the oven as a gift.
47:10In fact, one day, without any warning, we
47:12wanted to turn on our oven and it blew up all the fuses in the apartment.
47:17So the electricity went out.
47:20Besides, we forgot to turn on the electricity.
47:23Well, no. We put it back. Otherwise it wouldn't work.
47:30Did you put it back? Yes. Oh wow! But why?
47:34Ah yes, the fridge! I was afraid of the fridge.
47:36Oh yes! No, no, I put it back. Okay, sorry.
47:39And yes, we had... When we went to the United
47:41States, we had cut off the electricity and so our fridge was...
47:46Oh yes. I was thinking about that.
47:49It was very, very, very complicated. The fridge and freezer.
47:53Three weeks, no electricity.
47:55It was the San Diego Zoo when we got back.
47:59We'd rather not talk about it.
48:01We'll talk about it on maybe a next video.
48:04Yes, no, we won't talk about it! And what did we say? Oh yes, an oven.
48:09So yes, it was my grandfather's Christmas present because our oven blows out the
48:15electricity, so we couldn't use it anymore. I tried to clean it.
48:20I tried to do a lot of things and unfortunately it doesn't work anymore.
48:25There was a way to fix it.
48:27In fact, you need a whole device to test all the resistors and everything.
48:32It's a device we don't have. And the oven was old.
48:35The oven is very old. We thought, well, we have to replace the
48:38part, it will cost us I don't know how much and maybe it won't work.
48:42So we took the easy way out and bought a
48:45new oven, so that we would have peace of mind when it came to promotions and could
48:49start again with a ten or fifteen year old oven.
48:53Keeping your fingers crossed.
48:54And last topic of the video, we're going to talk about the New Year.
49:00So we've talked a lot about Christmas.
49:04After all the gastronomy, food, it's quite
49:07similar what we eat for the New Year compared to what we eat at Christmas.
49:14But more in the traditions. There are some that are different.
49:20For example, the kiss under the mistletoe. Oh yes!
49:25Yes, yes, the kiss under the mistletoe that brings good luck if you do what.
49:32So... We hang a sprig of mistletoe. That's it, it's mistletoe, right?
49:39Ah oops, there is a light that has failed.
49:41It's ok, I think you can still see us well. Yes, you see us anyway.
49:47The tradition is to hang a sprig of mistletoe and to kiss under it.
49:54Well, to kiss... with the person we love.
50:00The people we love, yes, yes.
50:02We kiss each other on the mouth and it brings good luck for the coming year.
50:06This is one of the traditions of the New Year.
50:09Also, of course, to celebrate it on the 31st.
50:14Often we have a party, then we count 10, 9, 8...
50:253, 2, 1. Happy New Year!
50:27And every year, it must be the same in every country.
50:30The telephone network is saturated because everybody tries to call each other at 00:
50:3701 to wish each other a happy new year and best wishes.
50:41But I think that now it's not so much the case.
50:42No, I think now it's less so.
50:44Because now you can send messages on WhatsApp or messages on Facebook, whereas
50:49before it was all on the SMS network, the phone network, and now it's scattered in
50:54the data and everything. I think there is no more that...
50:58It's true, you're right, it's more when we were young. Yes.
51:03And then for New Year's Eve, unlike Christmas, New Year's Eve is more with
51:08friends, while Christmas is more with family in general.
51:12Yes, yes, yes.
51:13So people either organize small meals at home or go to a restaurant.
51:18It's true that a lot of restaurants have special menus for the New Year.
51:23When I was a kid, I loved it.
51:25I used to go with my grandparents sometimes.
51:29Well, there's no light at all. We hope you see us, but I think you do.
51:34You see a changing light.
51:35But do you want me to turn on the light there? No, but it's okay!
51:39No, no, don't worry.
51:40And it's true that I loved going to restaurants with my grandparents.
51:44And because, from a certain hour, the tables were moved, they put music and we
51:49danced on the dance of the ducks and the caterpillar which starts again.
51:55But today, I still have friends who
51:57sometimes go to nightclubs for New Year's Eve.
52:00It's true that it's not really our style because you don't go to nightclubs.
52:05No, that's not my style. And I actually find that you can go there
52:09every day of the year, and that day, I find it too full.
52:14There are too many people. Yes, then in addition in these events...
52:20In general, the prices are inflated. It costs much, much more.
52:27And so we might as well do something between us and go to another venue.
52:34But it's true that sometimes they abuse the prices a bit.
52:38And we, this year, for the New Year, we welcome my best friend, her companion and
52:46the son-in-law of my best friend, therefore the son of her companion.
52:53And he's going to see the little dog. So we hope that...
52:56Yes, we love him very much and he's going
52:58to be six, so I think we're going to have a lot of fun.
53:01The five of us are going to spend New
53:03Year's Eve here and it's going to be a lot of fun.
53:06Yeah, totally. Yeah, I think we're going to make some
53:10good food, have a good drink, we can play some games.
53:13Yes, yes, we have little games as well.
53:16To play with the little one, it will be great.
53:20But we don't like... We don't like to go out
53:25that day, we prefer to do it at home, quiet.
53:30Yes, then there's a... I think there is also a... How to put it.
53:35It depends on the age too. There is a time for everything.
53:40And it's true that when I was younger, I was perhaps more motivated to go outside.
53:47Still, it was only average. But now it's dead.
53:51I really prefer to stay here.
53:53Yes, but even I, frankly, even though I liked going out a lot.
53:56I never liked New Year's Eve because every
53:58time there were too many people everywhere.
54:00And afterwards, I think we can watch the fireworks.
54:03Yes. Maybe we can go to the park.
54:06Actually, there's a park in our city where
54:09there's a great view of the Eiffel Tower, but it's pretty far away and it's secluded
54:15so I don't think there will be too many people. Yes, it's true.
54:20It can be nice to watch the fireworks from the Eiffel Tower normally.
54:25Yes, so it's true that this is a good idea. Completely.
54:30After, on the good year, generally in France, we can wish it until January 31.
54:36That's what we say. Yes, the whole month, January.
54:39Happy New Year, yes you can tell when you meet people.
54:41A happy new year, best wishes. Happy New Year, best wishes.
54:44Finally, all this is said without any problem.
54:47In emails too. Happy New Year! We can.
54:49Yes, we say the tradition is you can wish until January 31.
54:53After, me, I find that after the 20th...
54:56Yes, it's true that it's a bit late. It's a little late.
54:58Once the galette des rois is over, it's a
55:01little late to wish... I love the galette des rois, I can't wait.
55:06Yes, that's good. We love that.
55:08Both of us love to make the cake with frangipane.
55:11That we like very much. Yes. I love frangipane.
55:16There, we talked a lot together, we spent a good hour.