This year the Lepic parents are breaking the sacrosanct tradition: instead of celebrating Christmas with their children, they're heading for Las Vegas to see Céline Dion. As for the Bouleys, they're hoping to offer their offspring a simple, environmentally-friendly celebration. But their children would really rather have a classic Christmas.

Fais pas ci, fais pas ça: Y aura-t-il Noël à Noël?

The Arbac de Neuvilles are one of the oldest families in France. They have inhabited their ancient château for fifty-two generations and are proud of their noble ancestry. But today they are stone broke. When a bailiff turns up notifying them that they owe two million euros in back taxes, these proud aristocrats are understandably shaken to the core of their ancestral seat. Just how are they to find this amount of money when none of them has any capacity for work?