Marine One of my dearest memories of Christmas in France is the nativity scene my aunt Patricia creates every year in her home, next to the large tree, with terracotta and clay figurines produced in Provence. These traditional figurines are called ‘santons’ (‘santoun’ in Provencal), each one unique and hand-crafted, and part of the Christmas excitement is always to spot which new characters or scenes my aunt has added to the collection. She makes it a yearly tradition to visit the workshop of well-known local santonnier Fouque in Aix-en-Provence (also sometimes Escoffier) to create the most beautiful setting for our family Christmas dinners - and a real competition with the local church! Building the collection has been an ongoing project since I was a little girl… and next on her list is to find a camel.