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franceFestivitiesFebruary2:FestivalofSt.wax,whichisareligiousholidayandgourmetdouble.Onthisday,everyonehasdoneeggpatty,friedeggshaveYouboyouyellowcake,similartotheyellowsun.Afterfloatingit,thechildrenwatchit,ifitstopsdirectlyinthemouthnice!•July14,France'sNationalDayEveoftheNationalDay,allFrenchcityfireworksdisplay,allthroughouttheParisstreets,peopleweresinginganddancing.Earlythenextmorning,peoplewatchingtheparade.Francebeganthefake.Thetraditionalflower•Moonorchidfamouspeople•CelineDion,oneoftheall-timegreatestsingers.herfamoussong«Myheartwillgoon»VictorHugo•Parispoet,novelist,anddramatistwhowasthemostimportantoftheFrenchRomanticwriters.Hisfamouswork«lesMiserables»History•Gallicperiod•Medievalearly•Medievalmid-•LaterMedieval•Modernperiod•WorldWarI•WorldWarII•Post-warperiodWorldWarI•IntheFirstWorldWar,FrancelostthewartorecaptureAlsaceandLorrainetowinaGermancolony,butthelosses.Seriousdifficulties,post-wareconomicandpoliticalinstability.From1914to1940,theCabinetchangeof45times.1923France,BelgiumtroopsoccupiedGermany'sRuhrminingarea.TheradicalSocialistPartyandtheSocialistPartyin1924Herriot,ledbytheleft-wingcoalitiongovernment.1926to1929PrionCalais,R.reignoftheretemporarilyprosperityandstability.•WorldWarII•February6,1934,tensofthousandsofMingfaxisiarmedthugsbycorruptioncaseagainstStaviski,heldademonstrationinParis,rushedintotheparliamentbuildingBourbonPalace.Daladiergovernmentwasforcedtoresign,andtherepubliconceagainfacingacrisis.September1,1939theGermaninvasionofPoland,France,theimplementationofthenationalmobilization.FrancedeclaredwaronGermanyinSeptember3,buttheFrenchretreat,June22,1940,PetainMarshalandGermanysignedthecapitulation.CollapseoftheThirdRepublicofFrance.IntheFrenchResistancemovementandalliedcombatinAugust1944,thecollapseoftheVichygovernment.FromtheresistancemovementtotheFifthRepublic(1940)fromthedestructionoftheThirdRepublictotheestablishmentoftheFourthRepublic,experiencedinthemiddleofthefightandstruggletoformulateanewconstitutioninthefightagainstGermanandItalianfascists.GeneraldeGaulleledtherapiddevelopmentofresistancemovement,setupaprovisionalgovernmentinJune1944,uniteddomesticandcolonialanti-fascistforcestocontinuethewarofresistance,theresistancemovementwiththeAlliesandtheleadershipoftheFrenchCommunistParty,regainedParisonAugust25,1944,thenNationalretrocession.Frenchtraditions•BeheadingbottlesofChampagneatweddings•PuppetshowsonChristmaseve•ParadesandfireworksonBastilleDay•5-WeekHolidays•ThisisainterestingtraditionoftheFrenchisthefactthatalmostallemployeesareentitledto5weeksofholidayayear.AugusthasbeenthetraditionalholidaymonthinFrance,withalmostalllocalsclearingoutoftheircitiestoventuretootherpartsoftheworldorsimplytogocampingintheirowncountryside.Forthosetakingtheirholidaysduringthewintermonths,skiingintheFrenchAlpsisthewaytogoback