Brits in Brussels get lucky with their Christmas turkeys

Many British citizens face an uncertain Christmas, some worried about the possibility of shortages on shop shelves, due to fears about the new variant of coronavirus

BRUSSELS — While many British citizens face an uncertain Christmas, some worried about the possibility of shortages on shop shelves, due to fears about the spread of the new variant of coronavirus, some Britons in Europe are getting just a little taste of home, even if they can’t get there.

Just a stone’s throw from the European quarter in Brussels, a British butcher has managed to secure a delivery of poultry just in time for Christmas, as many truck drivers were cooling their heels in England after France shut its borders to freight and passenger travel to try to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus.

Julia Craig-McQuaide, who along with her husband Wesley Morais de Souza owns Wesley’s Butcher Shop, told The Associated Press…