Nearly there

Well, I'm feeling a bit flu-ish tonight, so as soon as I pick up Johanna from her job at Zellers, I'm back home and off to bed.

Lauralea tells me that for the first time in many years, we are done the day before Christmas Eve. The gifts are bought, the food baked, the things, well, thinged. (Whatever!) So tomorrow morning, after our 6:30 prayer time at church, we are going to crank up the old Beeb and enjoy a yearly tradition. A cup of strong tea and the Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols.

Wed 24 Dec, 15:00 - 16:30  90 mins      
Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

"It's 75 years since the first Carol Service was broadcast from the magnificent fan-vaulted Chapel of King's College, Cambridge - a service which for many people all over the world marks the beginning of Christmas. As the sun sets over Cambridge, the nine lessons, read mainly by members of the College, from a Chorister to the Provost, tell the story of the loving purposes of God as revealed in the Bible. The Choir sings carols old and new and leads the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns."

I think we first began listening to this on the old Shortwave radio, on the World Service of the BBC, but now we have the luxury of stereo internet. 

So, tomorrow at 9am local time on BBC 4, we'll be listening to that young boys pure voice singing out, "Once in Royal David's City..." 

Isn't technology wonderful?