School holidays in France often vary depending on the education area 'zone' but Christmas is simple and the whole country has the same holiday. Perhaps surprisingly for a country regarded as generous with holidays, French employees are not entitled to much time off at Christmas. Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year so if your employer follows the letter of the law that is the only day you will get off. The French traffic site Bison Futé is not predicting any 'black' traffic days such as France sees at the beginning and end of the summer holidays. That doesn't mean that here aren't lots more odd French Christmas traditions though - here are the 12 traditions that make a French Christmas (including the 'father slapper').

Source: The Local November 13, 2019 10:29 UTC