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Level: Culture Class

You were excited about the new job you landed in France! You have been working very hard to move up in this global company. However, when your French boss told you that you had to stay in France for the holidays you weren’t sure what to expect. You managed to fly part of your family to France so that you wouldn’t have to be alone thank goodness your French boss isn’t going to make you work on Christmas!! But now that you are here, what do you do? If you were back home you would know exactly where to shop and where the parades are being held, and where to go to see the best Christmas displays with the kids. Where do you find those things in France? And not to be silly, but will Santa find you here?

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Culture Class lesson will teach you all about what to expect if you are spending Christmas in France! From the origin of the French Christmas tree, to that bearded worldly French fellow with so many aliases we will tell you how to get the most out of your French holiday season! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com to find more great French learning resources! Leave us a message while you’re there!

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Level: Culture Class

Your French boss has invited you to dine at his house with a few of your colleagues. You are very excited to see his beautiful French home and have a real home-cooked French meal. However, when you leave for work that afternoon your French colleagues jokingly tell you to be sure you know your French table manners! They say the boss’s French wife is especially particular about how you handle the cheese! Where in the world are can you get a crash course in chomping French cheese and French feasting faux pas?? You are so lucky to know us here at FrenchPod101.com!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Culture Class lesson, you’ll learn the French rules of dining, what the French consider bad or good table manners, and how to eat cheese with class in France. Visit us at FrenchPod101 to find more of these great French lessons and some great French learning materials! Leave us a comment while you are there!

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Level: Culture Class

When I was a child, Christmas was such a magical time of year. My parents took me to French department stores to see huge Christmas displays with lights and toys and trains! We had so much fun! Some French friends of mine from Paris told me about a few stores near them where they have managed to capture that old Christmas spirit. I had planned to shop online this year, but maybe I will get out for some Christmas shopping in Paris. I could meet my friends for some hot chocolate at a French café and then go look at French Christmas store displays just like when I was a kid! It’s beginning to look (and feel) a lot like Christmas in France!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Audio Blog lesson, we will discuss trends regarding Christmas shopping in France!


Level: Culture Class

You have the privilege of visiting your husband’s family in France during All Saints Day. You are already very excited about being in France, finally meeting his family, and being able to use your French language skills first-hand! Now, you are going to celebrate an authentic French holiday with the entire French side of his family-in France! You are not sure exactly what to expect, but your husband’s mother explains in French that you should dress nicely, get a lot of sleep the night before, and be prepared to talk a lot in French! Oh yeah, she also mentioned something in French you think you might have misunderstood. She told you in French they have a long list of family that has passed away with whom they want to visit. Did you understand that right?

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Culture Class lesson, you will learn about how the French celebrate November first and second, commonly referred to in France as All Saints Day and All Souls Day, respectively. Don’t forget to stop by FrenchPod101 for more great French lessons and French learning materials! Leave us a message while you’re there!

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Silly Simon stretches out on his beach towel, baking under the hot sun. He turns up the volume on his iPod. ‘“Why? Porquoi?” says the voice coming out of his earbuds. “You have to take care on the beach, because in France the tides are fast…” says the other. Yeah, yeah. Thinks Silvain. That Silvain, he’s a joker! Always exaggerating. Suddenly his iPod cuts out. He feels around for it. To his horror, he finds his precious 32G iPod Touch in a cold puddle next to him. Suddenly a wave splashes against his ankles. Then another comes up to his knees. The next comes up to his belly button, then his shoulders, and before Silly Simon can even get up, the North Atlantic current takes him out to sea, and sweeps him north. He eventually staggers ashore in southern Finland, shivering, suffering from hypothermia, and worst of all, his iPod is ruined. Today’s Culture Class is all about French beaches. If you are actually on a French beach as you are listening, we recommend you keep an eye open for the tides. Silvain isn’t kidding when he says that they are fast. For more on French, including lessons on the French language, come to FrenchPod101.com!

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