Lessons and Carols at the National Cathedral
2008 November 30
This evening we visted the National Cathedral for “A Service of Lessons and Carols”. Mind you, these weren’t Christmas carols, but several songs you would probably recognize (O come, O come Emmanuel, Wachet auf, etc.). The cathedral had it’s “Choir of Men and Boys” on hand to sing several of the carols which was good because the congregation pretty much sucked at singing. The cathedral is your standard run-of-the-mill cathedral (big, stone, stained glass windows, lots of old people). They have a very impressive organ with over 10,000 pipes. The only problems with organs in big, cavernous, stone structures is that you end up with a quite severe echo.
At the end of the service the congregation all lit candles to sing the last hymn. Katie and I are both in agreement that playing with fire is quite fun so this was quite an enjoyable part of the evening.
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