National Grandmothers Day in France

They look forward to Grandma’s Day when all their grandchildren get together.On the first Sunday of March, France celebrates the feast of grandmothers every year. On this day, all grandmothers and women over the age of 55 are given extraordinary honor and respect.

Good French grandmothers, rarely resembling old women, dressed up, on this day drink liquor, eat almond cake and, of course, receive gifts.

Year by year, French grandmothers are getting younger, half of them just over fifty and many continue to work actively. That’s probably why Grandma’s Day falls on Sunday.

Although most French grandmothers see their grandchildren at least once a week, and a third of them devote more than half of their free time to them, they look forward to "grandmother's day" when all their children and grandchildren get together. On this day, grandmothers expect flowers and gifts from their beloved grandchildren and granddaughters.

Travel agencies on the holiday offer grandmothers and their grandchildren free tourist trips by bus, restaurants create special menus, and shops open special sections where grandmothers - only grandmothers - can buy goods with discounts.