Bûche de Noël brings the French department closer

 
A handful of SHS French students decorated Christmas logs with icing and candy after school on Dec. 2 for the annual Bûche de Noël Fête decorating contest, held annually in celebration of the holidays.

In previous years, Los Gatos’s French department joined the Saratoga students in the Bûche de Noël Fête decorating contest; however, Los Gatos was unable to participate this year.  

Prior to attending the contest, students baked a cake and brought icing to the decorating contest. At the contest, students filled the cake with icing and rolled them up to decorate. 

Senior Eunju Pak, who baked a cake with her friend to bring to the decorating contest, said that “the cakes are usually really good.”

At the end of the competition, French teachers Laura Lizundia and Kim Bergkamp also provided prizes for the best decorated cake.

“It’s really fun and since there are prizes, it is also a bit competitive,” Pak said. “We never know what the prizes are until the end since they are always kept a secret.”

Because the French department is not very big, this is a really good bonding experience for those taking the language.

“Although I’m not taking French this year, I am still going to the festival because I miss my French teachers and friends,” Pak said. “It is a really nice way to end the year.”