White chocolate raspberry Christmas log
In France, Belgium, Quebec and more generally in French-speaking countries, it is customary to end the Christmas meal by tasting the famous Yule log.
This tradition is even older than the Christmas tree or even the nativity scene.
Indeed, several centuries ago, families had the habit, during Christmas Eve, of flaming a log made of fruit tree or hardwood.
When returning from midnight mass, everyone gathered around this fire to eat the Christmas meal, in song.
Depending on the region, it was sprinkled with salt (in Poitou-Charentes)
or sprinkled with wine (in Provence), holy water, oil, milk or honey, while reciting prayers.
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