I also prefer seeing these kids enjoying what we call a barbapapa in french 😉
I think it comes from the contraction of words barbe à papa (daddy's beard)
this is an amusing name that is very closed to mine, so it happened in my youth that friends called me Barbapapa 😃
ohhh!! so nice to know. barbapapa = sugar cotton?.. thank you! i like to know the world outside thru language, very much!
Isn't that a word that sounds nicely ..? every french child has one day thrilled hearing this word promise of a sweet sugary experience ...😃