Halloween is not as widely celebrated in France as in other countries but La Toussaints is celebrated by everyone. As its name suggests, La Toussaints or All Saints Day is the celebration of all the saints. This is a public holiday and a day for the french to honour the dead.

The chrysanthemum has developed an inextricable link with this holiday. It is the flower of choice to lay by graves, but how exactly it came to be is unclear. One theory is that it was carried over from the first anniversary after the end of the First World War, when the French Government asked the citizens to put flowers on graves to commemorate the deceased soldiers. Chrysanthemums have a long flowering period and aren’t specific to a time of year so they may have been chosen. In France you don't give chrysanthemums as gifts outside of this tradition.