Nudist French - Christmas Celebration Part 1 Nudist Naturist Link

When one imagines a traditional French Christmas— Noël —the mind tends to drift toward specific, cozy imagery. We picture the flickering flames of a cheminée in a centuries-old stone farmhouse, the aroma of roasting chestnuts and wild boar pâté, and the clinking of glasses filled with vintage Bordeaux. Rarely, if ever, does the average person add "complete nudity" to that postcard.

The International Naturist Federation (INF), founded in France in 1953, defines naturism as "a way of life in harmony with nature, characterized by the practice of communal nudity, with the intention of encouraging self-respect, respect for others, and for the environment." When one imagines a traditional French Christmas— Noël

The nudist/naturist response to this is a soft, philosophical rebellion. As one long-time resident of the Centre Hélio-Marin (a naturist center in Villeneuve-les-Maguelone) told me, "On Noël, we wear our stress on our sleeves—or rather, we hide it under a tie. In the naturist village, we simply remove the sleeves. We arrive as we are." We arrive as we are

Christmas, in its most sacred Christian interpretation, is about vulnerability—a newborn child, naked and swaddled, lying in a feeding trough. The nudist celebration is a mirror of that vulnerability. When you remove the armor of clothing, you also remove the armor of pretense. Arguments about politics dissolve when everyone is equally exposed. The rich banker and the schoolteacher share the same towel. The teenager, usually self-conscious about acne or body shape, finds that in this space, no one cares. finds that in this space