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Foire aux Santons
# Foire aux Santons The Foire aux Santons is a traditional Christmas market held in Provence, France—most famously in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence—where artisans sell **santons** ("little saints"), small hand-painted clay figurines depicting nativity scene characters, villagers, and trades of Provençal life. These figurines are used to decorate home crèches (nativity scenes) during the holiday se