"La Toussaint" has been shared to the blog from the French reading exercises section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills.
La Toussaint, or All Saints’ Day, is an important Catholic holiday, particularly in France.
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Translation Notes
1. When referring to aspects of the holiday that apply only to France, I kept the term in French.
2. Some of the tenses don’t match. In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense – learn more about historical French tenses.
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