Under the filao tree

In Martinique when the Christmas holidays are near, everybody prepares their house.

First you should have a branch of filao to decorate it and as you do in your country, to put your gifts underneath. We listen to Christmas songs and every Friday we organise Christmas carols to enjoy ourselves in the street.

Secondly, we prepare something to eat: pork, turkey, Christmas ham (jambon de Noël), black pudding,mince pies and on Christmas day, the people go to their family's to share a good moment. And when it is 12 p.m we open our gifts and drink champagne.

Lindsay A, Agnès P and Darlin J-B, 1ère L LVA