1. (France, Canada, New Orleans)

2. National public holidays 2015 1. January 1: New Year's Day (Jour de l'an). 2. April 3: Good Friday: applicable only to Alsace and Lorraine. 3. April 6: Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques). 4. May 1: Labor Day (Fête du premier mai). 5. May 8: WWII Victory Day (Fête du 8 mai or Jour de la Victoire 45). 6. May 14: Ascension Day (Jour de l'Ascension) (40 days after Easter). 7. May 24: White Monday or Pentecost Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte). 8. July 14: Bastille Day (Fête nationale). 9. August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption). 10. November 1: All Saints Day (La Toussaint). 11. November 11: Armistice Day (Jour de l'armistice). 12. December 25: Christmas Day (Noël). 13. December 26: Boxing Day (Deuxième jour de Noël): applicable only to Alsace and Lorraine.

3. French people often do the bridge: “faire le pont” when holiday is on a Thursday or a Tuesday.

4. Other traditions  January 6 th : Epiphany : La fête des rois  February 2 nd : la Chandeleur (crepes day!)  February 14 th : Valentin  Mardi Gras et Le Carnaval  April 1st: April Fool’s Day (Poisson d'Avril).  May 31: Mother’s day.  June 21: Father’s day. and fête de la musique  6 th December: St Nicolas mostly in the North East of France.

5. Mardi Gras: history http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mar di-gras/videos/history-of-mardi- gras?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f= 1&free=false

6.  Color a mask with New Orleans’s Mardi Gras colors.

7. Carnaval in Quebec  http://carnaval.qc.ca/en/ http://carnaval.qc.ca/en/  Activities around the effigie: Bonhomme!  Song mardi gras.

9. Carnaval in Nice http://www.nicecarnaval.com/en/