Madame Leidhoff's students of first-year French learned about the
celebration of displaying des Santons de Noel. Les Santons were made
famous by Louis Lagnel in the late 1700s in Provence. He sculpted them out of
clay and with the use of molds, they became available to everyone. They are
usually representations of guilds: blacksmith, vine makers, cheese makers,
seamstress etc. Thanks to donations from families of craft items, we were able
to create our own. Many of our creations were more modern jobs… firefighters,
police officers, actors, hula dancers and Disney workers
etc..
Students of second-year French performed musical pieces
and gave cultural presentations of the music. Others chose to cook French and
African dishes and gave cultural presentations in French as well.
