Holiday Expressions

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Expressions de fête

Happy (insert holiday here)! When it’s time to celebrate, you’ll be glad to have these holiday expressions ready to go.

Holiday wishes

Bonne Année ! Bonne Année et bonne santé !		Happy New Year!
Bonne fête !		Happy (current holiday)!
Bonne fête de Hanoukka !		Happy Hanukkah!
Bonnes Pâques !		Happy Easter!
Joyeuses fêtes !		Happy holidays!
Joyeux Noël !		Merry Christmas!
Joyeuses Pâques !		Happy Easter!
Laissez les bons temps rouler !		Let the good times roll! (Happy Mardi Gras!)
Meilleurs vœux !		Happy holidays! Season’s greetings!

 When celebrating with friends and family, you’ll probably do les bises while expressing your good wishes.

More holiday expressions

À la Chandeleur, l’hiver cesse ou prend vigueur.	On Candlemas, winter ends or strengthens.
Ce n’est pas mardi gras aujourd’hui.	What you’re wearing is ridiculous.
faire le pont	to make it a long (four-day) weekend
faire un temps de Toussaint	to have cold and grey weather
Noël au balcon, Pâques au tison	A warm Christmas means a cold Easter
Noël sous la neige	white Christmas

Holiday vocab lists

• Christmas
• Easter
• Halloween
• Hanukkah
• Kwanzaa
• Mardi gras
• New Year’s
• Passover
• Ramadan
• Saint Patrick’s Day
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine’s Day

 Also see Celebratory Expressions for general good wishes and useful verbs.

 Related features

• Birthdays, Anniversaries, Milestones
• Celebratory expressions
• Dates in French
• Gifts for French lovers
• Holidays and celebrations
• Jours fériés

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