La bûche de Noël (Yule log) - A log-shaped cake made of chocolate and chestnuts. Representative of the special wood log burned from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day in the Périgord, which is a holdover from a pagan Gaul celebration.
La Galette des Rois (on Epiphany) - round cake which is cut into pieces and distributed by a child, known as le petit roi or l'enfant soleil, hiding under the table. Whoever finds la fève - the charm hidden inside - is King or Queen and can choose a partner.
Le pain calendal (in southern France) - Christmas loaf, part of which is traditionally given to a poor person.
Oysters seem to me to be the most traditional Christmas dish, but they are little beggars to open, always allow extra time before a party to get that oyster knife between those shells.
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