Je n’ai jamais été à pareille noce (or, fête) = I never had such a time of it.
Il a fait la noce toute la semaine = He has had a high old time of it all the week; He has been on the spree all the week.
[Literally, to enjoy oneself as if one were a guest at a wedding, where there is plenty of merriment, food, and drink.]
Je ne suis pas à la noce = I am not enjoying myself at all.
Noël
*Tant crie l’on Noël qu’il vient (Villon) = Long looked for comes at last; That is coming—like Christmas.
Quand Noël est vert, les Pâques seront blanches = When the winter is mild, the spring will be wintry.
Voir tout en noir = To look on the black side of things; To have the blues.
[Opposite to: voir tout en rose, or, voir tout couleur de rose.]