Tori's French Culture Blog

I have quite a big family. I have six siblings -three step siblings, two full biological siblings and one half sister. I also have two nieces! I feel like I'm closer to my little siblings than my older siblings. My little sister is my best friend! My older sister has taught me how I want to act when I'm a fully indepepdent adult. I haven't seen my extended family in a little bit though. I think the last time that they had an event planned I was at school so I didn't get to attend. I celebrated Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and birthdays with my family. It depends on when we're all free on when we celebrate each holiday as a whole famly, but it's usually during the month that the holiday falls on. For example, we celebrate Christmas sometime in December. We find these holidays important because of our Christian values. Christmas is said to be Jesus Christ's brithday and Easter is the day Christ was raised from the dead. We think that Thanksgiving is impo...

         Bonjour! That's how you would say hello to someone else in French. Another, less formal, way to say hello is to say "Salut!" When you're saying hello to a friend, you can kiss their cheeks, this is called la bise. This would be similar to a hug when greeting your friend in American culture. A more formal greeting would be a handshake, but this is usually reserved for bosses or someone along those lines. The words "tu" and "vous" both mean you, but "vous" is the formal version among the two. So, you would greet your boss with  handshake while saying to them, "Bonjour! Comment allez-vous?" which means "Hello! How are you?" greeting your boss greeting a friend     It surprised me that  French children are enrolled in school at a very young age and how strict their school system seems. The student-teacher relationship is very formal in French cultures, and the students only have contact with their teachers through...