Every year, between Christmas and New Year, a certain genre of music blasts from speakers all over Quebec. It is called "le rigodon." "Le rigodon" is a form of traditional Quebecker dance music from before the turn of the last century...
Exactly one year ago, my friend Zac and I wandered the streets of St-Jérôme asking French-speaking Quebeckers these questions: What were the best and worst presents you ever received for Christmas? What is the meaning of Christmas? What is the origin...
Footprints on crackling snow. Visible breath. Clanging bells following midnight mass. All these, on an often sub-zero Christmas Eve, commemorated the beginning of the traditional Quebecker Christmas celebration. Though few still attend midnight mass,...