79th Service of Lessons and Carols
Students, faculty, neighbors, and friends gathered in celebration on December 16, 2014, for the 79th annual Service of Lessons and Carols. Luminarias lit a festive path from the main campus to Woodward Chapel, where the service included Nativity readings by faculty, staff and students, with seasonal music by Collegium Musicum, the Taft Chamber Ensemble, and the Woodward Chapel Brass Ensemble. Lessons and Carols services are celebrated throughout the world in anticipation of the holiday season. The best-known service features the renowned Choir of King's College, and is broadcast each year on Christmas Eve from King's College, Cambridge, England. The traditional format originated on Christmas Eve, 1880 in Cornwall England. According to the BBC, Edward Benson, then the Bishop of Truro (later the Archbishop of Canterbury), crafted the worship service as a means of keeping “men out of pubs on Christmas Eve.”
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