| Chamonix, Insted

It’s that time of the year when most of us are getting ready for Christmas. We are sure you are all planning your holidays to visit family and friends; decorating the tree; watching Christmas movies and listening to songs; counting down the days with an advent calendar; shopping for presents and making your own list for Santa!

The Insted team would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Here are some seasonal expressions and french vocabulary to set you up for a French Christmas:

Noël – Christmas

Joyeuse fêtes! – happy holidays

Joyeux Noël! – Merry Christmas

un sapin de Noël – Christmas tree

un cadeau, un cadeau de Noël – gift

le papier cadeau – wrapping paper

un ruban – ribbon

un ange – angel

une étoile – star

une couronne – wreath

une guirlande – garland

un bas, une chaussette – stocking

un bibelot, une boule de Noël – Christmas present

un sucre d’orge – candy cane

un bonhomme de neige – snowman 

We look forward to seeing you all in 2019 as we will reopen the school on the 7th of January.

If you have any questions or need to get in contact, you can email us at study@insted.com