What is "reveillon"

In Belgium, Brazil, France, Portugal, Romania, the province of Québec, many cities across Northern Ontario, and Northern New Brunswick, the city of New Orleans, and some other French-speaking places, a réveillon is a long dinner held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The name of this dinner is based on the word réveil (meaning "waking"), because participation involves staying awake until midnight and beyond. In Portuguese-speaking countries, it is also a designation for the party preceding the New Year's Day. In the United States, the réveillon tradition is still observed in New Orleans due to the city's strong French heritage, with a number of the city's restaurants offering special réveillon menus on Christmas Eve.

Réveillon may refer to:

• Réveillon, a long dinner, and possibly party, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day, in Brazil, in Portugal, in France and some other French-speaking countries

Réveillon is the name of two communes in France:

• Réveillon, Marne, in the Marne département
• Réveillon, Orne, in the Orne département

Réveillon is the name of two rivers in France:

• Réveillon (Yerres), tributary of the Yerres River, crossing the Seine-et-Marne and the Val-de-Marne departments
• Réveillon (Epte), tributary of the Epte, crossing the Oise and the Eure departments

Réveillon is a surname:

• Jean-Baptiste Réveillon
  • Reveillon riot

Réveillon is also:

• Le Réveillon, a play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy which became the basis for Die Fledermaus

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