Les Étrennes: This French new year's custom will have you digging in your pockets
Photo of les boîtes à lettres taken in Marseilles at Les Arcenaulx. Thank you, Jean-Marc, for recording two sound files for today's post (the second is found below the vocabulary list). Note: if you are experiencing déjà vu reading the following column--tout va bien--the story is being revived from the archives.
TODAY'S WORD: LES ETRENNES
: New Year's gift, tip, bonus
étrenner = to wear or use for the first time; to be first in the line of fire
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