French Saints Days
Another day, another website!
In the past a French child would be given the name of the saint on whose day their own birth fell. More recently it has become more common for the saint’s name to be given as a second or middle name.
This means that children often have two special days to celebrate; their own birthday and their “Saint’s Day.” Almost every day in the calendar has a saint’s name assigned to it, some have more than one and January 6 has five.
Thus, the idea for www.FrenchSaintsDays.com was born.
I was first interested in doing something like this a few years ago; I noticed that my local boulangerie used to have a blackboard outside, displaying the name of that day’s saint.
Also, at work (at the now famous Helga’s House of Pain, there was also a similar sign near where we picked up our clean overalls.)
As well as creating a new site, I’ve also written a widget for French Saints Days, so that you can display the Saint of the Day (as it were) on your own blog or website.
You can see that widget in action on the sidebar of this blog (just above the Categories listing.)
You can also sign up to receive a daily email telling you which Saint’s day it is.
More details at… www.FrenchSaintsDays.com
Please take a peek at www.FrenchSaintsDays.com – if for no other reason than to see if you’re entitled to another special day to celebrate!
All the best
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