The chapel welcomes us
With flickering candles and twinkling lights,
The organ softly playing.
We shift in our seats with anticipation,
As we wait for the choir to begin.
The lights fall low,
And the first words of Once in Royal David’s City
Ring out alone and pure.
Then we join in, the sound bringing us together as one.
The carols and readings tell the familiar story from
The First Nowell and O Little Town of Bethlehem
To Oh Come All Ye Faithful and the final, uplifting, poignant notes of Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.
Now it feels like Christmas.
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