A Christmas gift: Let’s meet live next week
Bonjour French Story Listener,
Bonjour French Story Listener,
Dear French Story Listener,
Have you ever wondered why we kiss under the mistletoe at Christmas?
This week’s French story takes us to ancient Scandinavia, to December 21st – the shortest day of the year, which was just yesterday.
On that darkest day,
Bonjour French Story Listener,
I’ve been thinking about you.
You joined our French Listeners Family because you wanted something beautiful: stories in French, a community of fellow learners, a place to a place to practice speaking French without judgment.
But I notice you haven’t joined us in Telegram yet.
Dear French Story Listener,
I just finished responding to Heather’s first-ever narration and Jon’s beautiful retelling of Saint Martin’s story in our Telegram community.
Reading their French, feeling their connection to these tales – this is why I do what I do.
But I noticed something: I haven’t seen YOUR narration yet.
Dear French Story Listeners,
Every Saturday at 2pm, I publish a new French story. And every Monday, I write to you.
This rhythm matters. It’s how we build something lasting together.
This week’s story is tender:Bonjour dear French Listeners family, 👋
I have a confession: I need to contradict something you might believe about learning French.
You might think that memorizing vocabulary lists first, then using them later, is the path to fluency.
But what if I told you that’s backwards?
Bonjour, French Story Listeners! 👋
Picture this: A Roman soldier on horseback encounters a freezing beggar at the gates of Amiens.
What he does next becomes one of the most beloved stories in French culture, a moment of compassion painted by countless artists and celebrated across Europe for 1,600 years.