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Parisian garbage collectors are not allowed New Year’s Eve

Publication date 07/12/2006 From €100.00

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The municipal agents of the City of Paris do not have the right to receive gifts or to sell year-end calendar. Concerning garbage collectors, this prohibition order is little known to Parisians and is often poorly respected.

The tradition of New Year’s Eve

Publication date 01/01/2012 From €100.00

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Report on the New Year’s Eve that is given to shopkeepers, concierge or firefighters every year. Commentary on factual and archival images, alternating with testimonies of Eric HENRY, butcher in Paris, of Otilia BERNARD, guardian in Paris, of the chief warrant officer Franck COLOMBEL, president of the Bruz' (Ille et Vilaine) fire brigade and by a micro-pavement.

Year-end New Year’s Eve

Publication date 29/12/2006 From €100.00

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In Martinique, the tradition of giving gifts or New Year’s gifts to friends and family for New Year’s Day continues, in the form of jewellery, books or telephones. Testimony from buyers and the head of a gift shop.

The almanac of the postman

Publication date 31/12/1993 From €100.00

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Report devoted to the sale of calendars by letter carriers in the run-up to the New Year. The subject first shows a letter carrier in her "tour" in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It is often well received but sometimes it has also been preceded by a false factor that cashed the New Year’s gifts in its place. The report then shows the illustrations of the almanacs since the 1930s before describing the process of choosing and ordering calendars by the letter carriers themselves from the 5 printers approved by La Poste. At the end of the sale, unsold items are not taken back. Comments on images of the tour letter carrier, calendars from the 1930s and 1950s, computer monitors and printing offices. Interview with Michel GAVEAU, from the Oller calendars.

Disappearance of the Christmas tradition

Publication date 31/12/1990 From €100.00

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New year, new calendars. The blind, letter carriers, scouts and firefighters are currently going door-to-door to propose calendars for the sum of 50 francs on average. Competition is tough, they need to be strategic

Agen d'Aveyron: the Christmas tradition, persistence or disappearance?

Publication date 01/01/2006 From €100.00

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Report to Agen d'Aveyron on the family tradition of the New Year’s Eve family that continues from grandfather to granddaughters in the BATUT family. Testimony of grandparents, granddaughters and daughter on this tradition and purchases made with the money received.

The manufacture of aguignettes

Publication date 02/01/2010 From €100.00

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This is an endangered tradition: Aguignette, a small cake of puff pastry, is now only found in some Rouen bakeries. It only sells at the beginning of January. Because according to custom, children used to exchange it for Christmas presents.

The New Year’s Eve of Regional Television

Publication date 31/12/1984 From €100.00

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Two regional television journalists go door-to-door to collect gifts in exchange for key rings, stickers and alumettes.

Micropavement on New Year’s Eve: for or against?

Publication date 02/01/1985 From €100.00

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Microtrottoir: for or against the New Year’s tradition and to whom do you give?

Letter Carrier and Guardian Gifts

Publication date 29/12/1997 From €100.00

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End-of-Year Gifts: Tradition continues, among the professions that benefit the most: the factors. The custom also extends to companies that increasingly give gifts to their customers.

Post Calendar History and Interest in the Campaign

Publication date 31/12/1977 From €100.00

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Report on the tradition of the Post Office calendar sold each year by the letter carrier in exchange for New Year’s Eve. 15 million of these calendars are sold per year. In the countryside, as a couple of retirees attest, the almanac is used to know the moons for seeds as well as to note the date of the anniversaries of small children. Explanation of the origin of this almanac and how it is printed through the example of the Rennes printing house alternating with the testimony of a retired couple.

The tradition of New Year’s Eve: what do the janitors think?

Publication date 20/10/1960 From €100.00

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Michel PERICARD goes to meet the concierges to ask them about the tradition of New Year’s Eve and its replacement by a salary: are they for or against? The Concierges Union would like to replace this tradition with a salary. Testimonies of three janitors and the husband of one of them.

The amount of the janitors' gifts

Publication date 31/12/1985 From €100.00

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Interview of building guards and janitors on the New Year’s Eve they receive.

Alain Decaux tells us: the origin of the New Year’s Eve

Publication date 31/12/1978 From €100.00

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Alain DECAUX tells the historical origins of the tradition of New Year’s Eve or New Year’s gifts. Its origin dates back to Roman times and its name derives from the Roman goddess Strenua, goddess of purification and well-being. The gifts given to friends at the time were honey and dates to make the year sweet.

New Year’s Eve: six months of tax-free salary

Publication date 31/12/1979 From €100.00

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Meeting with caretakers about what traditional New Year’s Eve means to them: often six months of tax-free wages. Testimonials from two guards and the supervisor of a complex of buildings or IGH, a high-rise building that speaks several languages and holds a first aid certificate.

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