Alphonse Chabot

Alphonse Chabot was a French author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Library and ebook records identify him as born in 1841 and place his death around 1920 or 1921, so the exact year is not completely consistent across sources.

He is chiefly remembered for books on Christmas customs, including Noël dans les pays étrangers and La nuit de Noël dans tous les pays. Those works look at how Christmas was observed in France and abroad, with attention to family rituals, religious practice, festive meals, and regional traditions.

Although not a widely documented literary figure today, Chabot's books have remained accessible through major public-domain collections, which suggests a lasting niche interest in his holiday writing and in the cultural history he gathered.