French Christmas Songs

Written in 1944 by french singer tino rossi this is probably the first french christmas song that small children first start learning in maternelle pre school.

French christmas songs. Learning and singing songs is lots of fun. Songs carry within them the. Christmas season is here again. Music is the thing that connects everyone of us universally.

However we feel like french carols don t get enough attention in the states. As a student learning lyrics is a lot more fun than memorizing vocabulary lists so if you re learning french check out some french christmas songs. With easy lyrics and a sweet tune it implores santa to not forget the singer s little shoe. So here they are the 10 most beautiful french christmas songs and carols with lyrics starting with the most famous and loved one of all.

Petit papa noël appeared in the movie destins. The happiest time of the year or so the song says. Everyone knows that christmas carols and other holiday hymns are the best part of the holiday season. Feliz navidad is sung in spanish and many older carols like angels we have heard on high feature lyrics in ancient latin.

Christmas is incomplete without classic songs and carols. You might find some of these traditional french christmas songs familiar. Many songs sung in france at christmastime are sung to the same tune as american or english songs but you ll notice if you listen carefully that the lyrics are far from a simple translation. Since the french government wanted to remove religious songs promoted during the vichy regime this song became extremely popular.

4 petit papa noël. Songs in other languages are surprisingly popular in the us. If you are learning french and want to get into the holiday spirit what better way to do it than to listen to traditional french christmas carols. In reality christmas in france is an important holiday.

Christmas the french way is about customs that include setting up the christmas tree and its ornaments preparing the traditional christmas eve dinner tasting the chocolate bûche buying christmas gifts visiting christmas markets french christmas songs etc. Tino rossi a french singer looking for a christmas song for a movie loved it and changed the lyrics to erase everything about war and violence. An original french classic petit papa noël translates literally into little father christmas. Online purchase or streaming spotify itunes amazon music deezer tidal google play.

Quand le père noël vient me visiter finally the last video i want to show is a song that isn t know in english.