Our first French Christmas

Four years ago, an out-of-date pet passport meant we spent an unexpected Christmas in France. This week, how we combine our English festive traditions with French ones, plus a recipe for onion soup.

In 2020, we ended up in France for Christmas by accident. We decorated our rented house with lights, of course.

Our first French Christmas wasn’t planned. That December in 2020, we weren’t supposed to be here, on this little port in the Languedoc. After our four-month stay – a hasty escape, seized in that September window when it became possible to trave…