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.
shoes
what are the things children in France leave out on Christmas eve
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.
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.
In France, Santa is called Le Père Noël ("Father Christmas").
Traditionally they leave out wooden shoes to be filled with candies and other small gifts
In France Santa Clause is known as Papa Noel. He travels around on Christmas Eve putting candy in the kids sabots (shoes).
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.