What Does Noel Mean? Noël is “Christmas” in French. Noel can also mean good news, coming from the French phrase bonnes nouvelles (“good news”).

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Noel can even mean birthday. With this meaning understood, no wonder we sing Noel at Christmas to celebrate the good news of the birth of Jesus! Tony winner and The Gilded Age star Christine Baranski will make her West End debut this fall in a new production of the Noël Coward comedy Hay Fever. Directed by Emily Burns, performances will ...

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