Life is good.........in France...........

T.S. Eliot once wrote, “We measure out our lives in coffee spoons,” 
but I...........................I  measure out mine in morsels of foie gras.
Christmas ( not the festive season as we in America know call it...) is a time of joy and renewal of life. 
Even the tragedy that has befallen France in the recent days, will not dim the hope and celebration of life in that country.
In France, a réveillon is a long dinner, sometimes followed by entertainment or dancing, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The name of this dinner is based on the word réveil (waking) because participation involves staying awake until midnight and beyond.
Celebrating this is way is suppose to be good luck for the household for the next year.
...and the foods....oysters, Champagne, foie gras and roast goose........