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Enjoy Franco-American Noel

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My annual Noël blog includes recommendations to watch two beautiful children’s books read in French, available for free viewing on the University of Southern Maine’s video channel and links to Chants de Noël (Christmas Carols). Children’s books read in French by two directors on the Board of the Franco-American Collection (FAC) are now on the […]

Noel – a four letter word with a universal translation

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When it comes to language translations for the celebration of “Christmas”, we don’t have to think about the meaning of the word Noel.  It’s a beautiful word with only one translation.  Many other languages use hyphenated words to describe Christmas.  Among the Romance languages, the words “Merry Christmas” includes the use of “birth”, like Feliz […]