Christmas in France
Along with la Pere Noel is a funny character known as la Pere Fouettard. La Pere Fouettard is a character told in scarier holiday stories long ago in the 12th century. He apparently travels around with Father Christmas and disciplines the naughty kids. Aside from this askew tradition, France celebrates Christmas for roughly the entire month of December. They aren’t too concerned with Boxing Day and they aren’t very strict on when they exchange gifts.