Holiday photos featuring local, artisanal products at a local Christmas market.
Singing bear
Traditional santons
Santons are small colourful hand-made Christmas figures part of a typical French Nöel crèche (Christmas Nativity scene), made in the South of France. The idea was started by an artist in Marseille and quickly spread through Provence and Languedoc Roussillon. The traditional nativity scene includes figures representing the characters from local village life such as the baker, the fisherman, the butcher, the blind man, the shepherd, the parish priest, the flower seller, the storyteller and the chestnut seller, etc. Typical santon scenes include musicians and dancers who dance the farandole with joined hands. There are two types of Provençal santons: santons d’argile (hand-painted clay figures) and santons habilles (figures dressed in real clothes and carrying real baskets, lavender, fishing nets etc).
Source: Posterous Space
Unpainted santons
Products from Alsace
Madame Fee/Fairy
Foie Gras
Holiday pudding cake
(Above photos are mine)
From 24/7 in France
I’m going to be in France (again) this Christmas. Looking forward to the atmosphere this weekend.
Bienvenue et Joyeuses Fetes!
Mmmm, look at all that yummy Christmas food
Rohan.
Yes, thanks. It’s a tough job trying to sample most of them but someone’s got to do it
Looks like so much fun (and soooo delicious)!!
Lots of iconic French goodies on display that will be eaten over the holiday season.
A very Merry Christmas to you
Thank you and same to you / Joyeuses Fetes!