La toussaint

The 1st of November in France is called "la toussaint" (litterally "all saints"). It is a special day of the year because according to tradition, we should celebrate the memory of our dead relatives.
Usually old people go and put flowers on the graves of their relatives. Those flowers are Chrysanthemum, so when comes the time of "la Toussaint" you got the flower shops full of chrysanthemum.

For the young people "la Toussaint" doesn't really mean anything but a day off (unless you are born in a christian and religious family)! Still I can remember that as a child I was going with my grand parents to put flowers on the grave of my great grand mother on the 1st of November.