Last week our exchange pupils from Toulon told us about how they celebrated the 6th January.
Some of our pupils from our community celebrate L’Epiphanie with their families. The galette des rois is a cake traditionally shared at Epiphany, on 6th January. It celebrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem and is composed of a puff pastry cake filled with frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar. A small charm is hidden inside, this is called the fève. When serving the cake…
- The youngest in the family sits under the table.
- The cake is sliced into pieces
- The youngest says the name of each member of the family round the table
- This keeps going until all the slices of cake have been given out
- Everyone checks their piece, if they find a small charm (toy or ornament) they get to choose to be king or queen for the day
- The children normally collect the small charms over the years.
The boys in class were not impressed with the way we spent the Epiphany…in school!
Last Friday, Maxime Marchal enjoyed celebrating with his family. This photo shows their delicious homemade galette des rois!
