{"id":13037,"date":"2026-01-29T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13037"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:54:04","slug":"newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"align-items: center;justify-content: center;margin: 16px\">\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;text-align: center\">Vive la Chandeleur !<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">This week, we&#8217;re celebrating <em><strong>la Chandeleur <\/strong><\/em>(Feb 2), French Pancake Day\/Candlemas, by stuffing our faces with scrumpious French <em>cr\u00eapes<\/em> and their savoury counterparts, the incomparable <em>galettes<\/em>\u00a0\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd5e<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">But what is the difference between <strong><em>une cr\u00eape<\/em> and <em>une galette<\/em><\/strong> ? The main difference lies in the flour and the flavour: <em>la cr\u00eape<\/em>\u00a0is traditionally made with wheat flour<em> (farine de froment)<\/em>, milk and eggs,\u00a0and is commonly eaten as a dessert with sugar, chocolate or jam. Whereas <em>la galette<\/em>\u00a0is made with buckwheat flour <em>(farine de sarrasin)<\/em>, water and salt, and is almost always savoury, filled with ham, cheese, eggs or vegetables. But wait, here&#8217;s another layer of complexity! While the above\u00a0distinction applies to most of France, locals from the\u00a0<em>Basse-Bretagne<\/em>\u00a0region (Western Brittany)\u00a0use\u00a0the word <em>&#8220;cr\u00eape&#8221;<\/em> for both types, simply specifying if it is <em>une cr\u00eape\u00a0au froment<\/em> (sweet) or <em>une cr\u00eape au bl\u00e9 noir<\/em> (savoury)! Now you know\u00a0\u263a\ufe0f\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 24px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Alors, sans plus attendre<\/em>, get your favourite toppings ready to go with all the <em>&#8220;incr\u00eapible&#8221;<\/em> French Kwiziq content we&#8217;ve selected for you!\u00a0\ud83d\ude01\ud83c\udf6f<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">\u00c0 la carte &#8211; Cr\u00eaperie La Rozell \u00e0 Rennes<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Listening and Reading practice &#8211; B1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/reader-menu-creperie-rozell-280.jpg\" alt=\"facade of creperie La Rozell in Rennes France\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Let&#8217;s start with getting familiar with a classic <strong>French <em>cr\u00eaperie<\/em> menu<\/strong> thanks to Rennes&#8217;s lovely cr\u00eaperie &#8220;La Rozell&#8221; and its varied offer of savoury <em>galettes<\/em> and sweet <em>cr\u00eapes<\/em>. <em>Miam !<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/a-la-carte-creperie-la-rozell-a-rennes\">\u00c0 la carte &#8211; Cr\u00eaperie La Rozell \u00e0 Rennes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Words Words Words<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Cr\u00eape and Pancake Vocabulary &#8211; A1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\" alt=\"mother and son making crepes together\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Want to learn how to make French <em>cr\u00eapes<\/em>? First, you need some essential words, and no worries, we&#8217;ve got you covered with our mouthwatering\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/learn\/theme\/1399776\"><strong>Cr\u00eape and Pancake vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here&#8217;s an example for you to get inspired:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;font-style: italic;margin-bottom: 8px;background-color: #ffffff;padding: 12px;border-radius: 4px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Hier, j&#8217;ai fait des <strong>cr\u00eapes<\/strong> avec mon fils Enzo. Je l&#8217;ai aid\u00e9 \u00e0 <strong>verser<\/strong> le <strong>sucre<\/strong> en poudre et la <strong>farine<\/strong> dans le bol, puis il a cass\u00e9 les <strong>\u0153ufs<\/strong> tout seul. Ensuite, il <strong>a vers\u00e9<\/strong> le <strong>lait<\/strong> doucement pendant que je <strong>m\u00e9langeais la p\u00e2te<\/strong>. Un peu plus tard, on <strong>a fait sauter les cr\u00eapes<\/strong> ensemble\u00a0: c&#8217;est une op\u00e9ration d\u00e9licate mais c&#8217;est tellement satisfaisant quand la <strong>cr\u00eape<\/strong> se retourne d&#8217;un coup\u00a0! Enzo adore manger ses <strong>cr\u00eapes<\/strong> avec de la <strong>confiture<\/strong> de fraise, tandis que je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re un peu de <strong>sucre<\/strong> avec du <strong>jus de citron<\/strong>. Miam\u00a0! Bonne Chandeleur \u00e0 tous\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>\u00c0 vous de jouer\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Let&#8217;s fill in some blanks!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">(Preposition \u00e0 + Definite Articles) &#8211; A1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/para-a-la-creperie-280.jpg\" alt=\"facade of a French creperie\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Now we&#8217;ve made ourselves hungry with all this delicious vocabulary, let&#8217;s go and eat at\u00a0a typical <em>cr\u00eaperie<\/em> with the following fill-in-the-blank exercise testing using the preposition <em>\u00e0<\/em> with definite articles <em>(au, \u00e0 la, \u00e0 l&#8217;, aux)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/18426393\">\u00c0 la cr\u00eaperie bretonne<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #fff5eb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3.png\" alt=\"French writing challenges and dictees\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>French Regional Specialties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Here&#8217;s a little taster for free: <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/74\">Au Restaurant de la Plage<\/a> (level B2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Not Premium yet? Now&#8217;s a great time to <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/pricing\"><strong>upgrade<\/strong><\/a>!<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"MailerInlineButtonCTA\" style=\"background-color: #ff6a00;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;border-radius: 14px \/ 50%;font-size: 16px;text-align: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;line-height: 100%;text-decoration: none;max-width: 100%;padding: 12px 24px 12px 24px;margin-top: 4px\" href=\"\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Upgrade to Premium<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 20px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\"><em> <strong>Note:<\/strong> We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. To check your email preferences, please <a href=\"\/communications-preferences\">follow this link<\/a> and make sure there&#8217;s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">\ud83d\udcec Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Go to <a href=\"\/communications-preferences\">email preferences<\/a> and make sure you have <strong>Language tips and tricks newsletter<\/strong> turned on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">And for more delicious French content, remember to check out our <strong>social media<\/strong> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial\">Tiktok<\/a> &#8211; for more awesome content!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 24px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Bonne\u00a0semaine \u00e0 tous et \u00e0 jeudi prochain\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;margin-bottom: 24px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto;margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/img\/signatures\/aurelie-email-signature.png\" alt=\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard signature\" width=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #1f2937;margin-top: 8px;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Aur\u00e9lie Drouard<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #4b5563;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Head of French<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your French against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vive la Chandeleur ! This week, we&#8217;re celebrating la Chandeleur (Feb 2), French Pancake Day\/Candlemas, by stuffing our faces with scrumpious French cr\u00eapes and their savoury counterparts, the incomparable galettes\u00a0\ud83e\udd24\ud83e\udd5e But what is the difference between une cr\u00eape and une galette ? The main difference lies in the flour and the flavour: la cr\u00eape\u00a0is traditionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Kwiziq French Newsletter - 29th January 2026","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"coauthors":[118],"class_list":["post-13037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur ! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fde938d393fd964259ba793377c8a72\"},\"headline\":\"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":683,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News &amp; Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur ! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\",\"description\":\"French language learning tips, interactive exercises and expert recommendations\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kwiziq Ltd\",\"alternateName\":\"Kwiziq\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/logo-wp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/files\\\/french\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/logo-wp.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Kwiziq Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/KwiziqFrench\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/KwiziqFrench\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/kwiziqfrench\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@KwiziqFrench\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@kwiziqofficial\",\"https:\\\/\\\/pinterest.com\\\/kwiziqcom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/kwiziq\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fde938d393fd964259ba793377c8a72\",\"name\":\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=ga1ea1cae5a95bc20f0f38c3fd46cc36f\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard\"},\"description\":\"Aur\u00e9lie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007\u00a0to experience the \u201cLondon lifestyle\u201d - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. \u00a0She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/french.kwiziq.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/aurelie\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur ! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","description":"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !","og_description":"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.","og_url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/","og_site_name":"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":280,"height":280,"url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/"},"author":{"name":"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fde938d393fd964259ba793377c8a72"},"headline":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !","datePublished":"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/"},"wordCount":683,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg","articleSection":["News &amp; Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/","name":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur ! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-29T09:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-02T12:54:04+00:00","description":"Read the Kwiziq French weekly newsletter for variety of activities for you to read, play, listen to and practise your French.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#primaryimage","url":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg","contentUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/nl-words-crepes-pancake-vocab-280.jpg","width":280,"height":280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-vive-la-chandeleur\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Newsletter: Vive la Chandeleur !"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/","name":"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","description":"French language learning tips, interactive exercises and expert recommendations","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Kwiziq Ltd","alternateName":"Kwiziq","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png","contentUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Kwiziq Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/","https:\/\/x.com\/KwiziqFrench","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KwiziqFrench","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/kwiziqcom\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/kwiziq\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fde938d393fd964259ba793377c8a72","name":"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=ga1ea1cae5a95bc20f0f38c3fd46cc36f","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/468b54bf0aeb6028bc8793ce1ea4447bfc26482cb913ea3a01f7dcab14af0616?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard"},"description":"Aur\u00e9lie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007\u00a0to experience the \u201cLondon lifestyle\u201d - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. \u00a0She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/author\/aurelie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13039,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions\/13039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13037"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}