Christmas bells will ring at Église Notre-Dame des Victoires after all. In early October, the QCT reported that the church, the oldest stone church still standing in North America, would close until the beginning of the 2026 tourist season due to cost-cutting measures. However, a last-minute “wave of generosity” has allowed the church to open for midnight mass on Christmas Eve, the Notre-Dame de Québec parish wrote on its Facebook page on Dec. 11. Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix will lead the service. The 160 seats in the church will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis starting when the doors open at 11:15 p.m. Those who arrive afterspacerunsoutwillbedirectedupthehilltotheBasilique-CathédraleNotre-DamedeQuébec,acrossfromCityHall. (RP-LJI)