French Xmas

so, being buried in the depths of France, we had no choice but to go to a French Christmas mass. meaning, catholic. which, i found out, means no singing from the people. only the choir is allowed to participate. everyone else has to mostly stand up while the priest says a million things. many more than in a protestant service. but then again, we tend to sing a lot during a service...

so it was disappointing, because the only part of a service i'm even remotely interested in, is the singing. but the church was cute (if cold, despite the new 'heating'), and very full.