French children used to put their shoes by the chimney, or under the Christmas tree, for the Père Noël (Santa Claus) to fill them with presents.
They get gifts and candy
shoes
Well, that's Christmas. As soon as they are waking up, kids rush towards their shoes under the Christmas tree or by the chimney, to see what the Père Noël has brought them.
In France Santa Clause is known as Papa Noel. He travels around on Christmas Eve putting candy in the kids sabots (shoes).
what are the things children in France leave out on Christmas eve
Their shoes.
there shoes
In France, children leave shoes by the fireplace on Christmas Eve so that Pere Noel (the French version of Santa Claus) can fill them with presents while they are asleep.
Children in France refer to Santa Claus as "Père Noël," which translates to Father Christmas.
Traditionally they leave out wooden shoes to be filled with candies and other small gifts
sometimes they put shoes by their fireplace but I don't know why
The Christmas Shoes - song - was created in 2000.
Catherine Deneuve on a shoe-fetish kick! I saw her once at the Automobile show.