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Today’s lesson explores how to say Santa Claus in French: le Père Noël or “Father Christmas”. Other terms include Papa Noël and le Saint Nicolas.
le Père Noël
Santa Claus
Example sentences
le Père Noël est le personnage symbolique de Noël.
Santa Claus is the symbolic character of Christmas.
This second sentence uses croire à + object, which means “to be believe in”.
Est-ce que tes enfants croient encore au Père Noël ?
Do your kids still belive in Santa Claus?
Related lessons
- Joyeux Noël – Merry Christmas!
- Petit Papa Noël (Christmas song)
- French Christmas vocabulary (has audio)
- Vive le vent (Christmas song)
- French Christmas traditions
