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“La fête des rois” or Kings Day in France

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Today is Kings Day in France. It celebrates the visit of the three Wise Kings to Jesus.

Monique from France wrote…

Friends generally gather to share a galette or a royaume (kingdom, that’s the way the King’s Cake, a ring cake without filling, is called in Southern France). The one who finds the trinket inside the cake has to buy another cake, then the group gathers again and so on. We eat it with cider or sparkling wine or pétillant de raisin. We may do that at our working place too. That’s why you can find cakes for sale long after January 6th.

Here’s a photo of a royaume from southern France…

This tradition is also celebrated in Quebec and New Orleans.

Many thanks to Monique of Mama Lisa’s World en français for the photo and the interesting commentary.

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