Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes

Mass on Christmas Eve was non-optional, on both sides of his families Christmas celebrations. It was about the only thing his grand-mère and babushka agreed on. Some of Dmitry’s earliest and fondest memories came from singing carols over the holiday season and although he was no longer in church choirs it was still Dmitry’s favourite part of the service. Whether they were singing the hymns in French or Russian he always participated with gusto.

Tonight they were spending time with his Mère’s family and so he was singing the old, familiar, hymn enthusiastically in French.

“Les anges dans nos campagnes” *

English trans: Angels we have heard on high