stackyFACTSBecause tumbling down a mountain wasn't enough, we had to invent a fancy French phrase for surviving the ordeal. Coined in the Alps during the 1950s, the term literally means 'after skiing.' It serves as a classy linguistic cover for the global phenomenon of taking off heavy boots and immediately socializing heavily by a fire.
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