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Joyeux Noël and Happy Holidays to You!

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)


Good morning/Bonjour — warm wishes to you and your families for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays (Joyeux Noël et Bonnes Fêtes de Fin d’Année)!  We hope you are surrounded with your loved ones or if  you’re not able to hug them tight this year that at least you can hear their voice and they can hear yours. With the large distances in the US, it is not always easy to get together but with the gift of technology, we can all stay connected so that is really a wonderful thing.   So from us to you dear readers (chères lectrices), here are our sweet wishes…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays – Joyeux Noël et Bonnes Fêtes de Fin d’Année

Vacances de Noël – Winter Vacation

We will be en vacances de Noël (in winter vacation) but we will be back with more recipes, tips, French country deco ideas, translations of your favorite French songs and much more to start a beautiful new year with you on Tuesday January 3rd, 2012.  So stay tuned and in the meantime, feel free to come and visit us — we will be updating our Video du Jour daily and posting our morning questions on Facebook so we will still be checking up on you! And before we leave you for the holidays (we’ll miss you!), we wanted to share with you one of the song that is most fredonnée (hummed) during the holidays in France.  It is sang by Tino Rossi – the warm and sweet grandfather like voice of Christmas.  His most famous and most played Christmas song in France is Petit Papa Noël (Little Santa Claus).   Hope you enjoy the video and the lyrics as well that we translated for you.

Petit Papa Noël (Little Santa Claus) by Tino Rossi

So in the video below, you see Tino Rossi during a Christmas special on French TV (you may also spot at the end Georges Brassens) singing his traditional Petit Papa Noël (Little Santa Claus).  Enjoy!



Tino Rossi (1907-1983), Petit Papa Noël

Tino Rossi Christmas Song — “Petit Papa Noël” Translation

PAROLES LYRICS
Petit Papa Noël  Little Santa Claus
1st Couplet 1st Verse
C’est la belle nuit de Noël It is the beautiful night of Christmas
La neige étend son manteau blanc Snow is laying down her white coat
Et les yeux levés vers le ciel And with their eyes looking up to the sky
A genoux les petits enfants On their knees, the little children
Avant de fermer les paupières Before closing their eyes
Font une dernière prière Make one last prayer
Refrain Chorus
Petit Papa Noël Little Santa Claus
Quand tu descendras du ciel When you will come down from the sky
Avec tes jouets par milliers With your thousands of toys
N’oublie pas mon petit soulier Don’t forget my little shoe
2nd Couplet 2ieme Verse
Mais avant de partir, But before you get going
Il faudra bien te couvrir You will need to wear warm clothes
Dehors, tu vas avoir si froid Outside, you will be so cold
C’est un peu à cause de moi. And it’s a little bit because of me
Il me tarde tant que le jour se lève I can’t wait for morning
Pour voir si tu m’as apporté To see what you brought me
Tous les beaux joujoux All of the beautiful toys
Que je vois en rêve That I see in my dreams
Et que je t’ai commandés And that I asked you for
Refrain Chorus
Petit Papa Noël Little Santa Claus
Quand tu descendras du ciel When you will come down from the sky
Avec tes jouets par milliers With your thousands if toys
N’oublie pas mon petit soulier Don’t forget my little shoe
3ieme Couplet 3rd Verse
Le marchand de sable est passé The sand man came
Les enfants vont faire dodo The children go night night
Et tu vas pouvoir commencer And you will be able to start
Avec ta hotte sur le dos With your Christmas sack on your back
Au son des cloches des églises To the sound of the church bells
Ta distribution de surprises Your delivery of surprises
Et quand tu seras sur ton beau nuage And when you will be on your beautiful cloud
Viens d’abord sur notre maison Come first to our house
Je n’ai pas été tous les jours très sage I have not been good every day
Mais j’en t’en demande le pardon But I ask you to forgive me
Refrain Chorus
Petit Papa Noël Little Santa Claus
Quand tu descendras du ciel When you will come down from the sky
Avec tes jouets par milliers With your thousands if toys
N’oublie pas mon petit soulier Don’t forget my little shoe
Petit Papa Noël! Little Santa Claus!

 

Joyeux Noël and Happy Holidays to You!

So once again, Joyeux Noel and Happy Hoplidays dear readers (chères lectrices)…wishing you much joy and happiness!



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