We lived in France for a decade and my eldest son lives in Paris with his French Partner; all things French fly in this family ( e x c e p t in football when Messi is playin g ) The Bûche de Noël has been absorbed into our Christmas traditions and is one I strongly approve of.
Extract from Paris For Dreamers
The Bûche de Noël — or, Christmas Log — is said to date back to around 1870, when a Parisian pastry maker was inspired by the Christmas eve ritual of burning a log in the fire (a tradition that can in turn be traced back to the winter solstice rituals of ancient Celts). With fireplaces becoming smaller, the practice was dying out … and so the Christmas log moved from the hearth to the table, in the form of a rolled sponge cake decorated in lashings of chocolate and dustings of sugar to appear as a snowflake-shimmered log.
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HOLA SOBER | MADRID
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