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There are various kinds of desserts, which you
can make during Christmas to have a blast. Since Christmas food
includes different items of desserts. Though it is wintertime but
still you can have desserts of various kinds. Your desserts can
range from pudding to pastry and cakes and shakes. In Provence, the
traditional Christmas meal is called le gros souper (the big
supper). It ends with a ritual number of 13 desserts symbolizing
Christ and his 12 apostles. The deserts must be served all at the
same time and each guest must taste each one of them. They consist
of pastry and fruit: dried fruit called les quatre mendiants (the
four beggars), by analogy with the habits of the mendicant orders:
raisins for the Dominicans, dried figs for the Franciscans, nuts for
the Augustines, and almonds for the Carmelites; the pompe à
huile (pastry made with olive oil); light and dark fudge; candied or
fresh fruit, particularly apples and grapes saved especially for
Christmas; candies like calissons (marzipan) or biscotins (cookies)
from Aix; and, more recently, the Yule log.
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