Père Noël (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl]), "Father Christmas", sometimes called 'Papa Noël' ("Dad Christmas"), is a legendary gift-bringer at Christmas in France and other French-speaking areas, identified with the Father Christmas and/or Santa Claus of English-speaking territories.

🎅 Chante la comptine "Petit Papa Noël" en suivant les paroles avec nous !🎵 Plus de chants de fêtes et d'histoires de noël en musique pour l'éveil des bébés...

2024年11月4日 · In France, Santa Claus is known as Père Noël, and in the French colonies of The New World, came to be called Papa Noël. Like the French Père Noël, Papa Noël leaves toys for children following Catholic Mass on Christmas Eve.

2023年12月11日 · Père Noël, also known as Father Christmas, is a Christmas folkloric character in France and other French-speaking countries who distributes gifts to children on Christmas Eve.

He’s known in France as Père Noël (Father Christmas) and he brought with him the commercialisation of the Christmas holiday. The Catholic Church, which was still quite strong in France, took a dim view of this jolly fellow’s arrival. Up until the 1950s, the nativity scene had been the symbol of Christmas and they wanted to keep it that way.

Father Christmas is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas. Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer, and typically considered to be synonymous with Santa Claus, he was originally part of a much older and unrelated English folkloric tradition.

Santa Claus is called Père Noël in French or Father Christmas. Small children may also call him Papa Noël or Daddy Christmas. He looks more or less like the Santa Claus from the American Coca-Cola ads, but there are a few subtle differences in his …