Thanks for this live #9LC community. I look forward to it each year and I hope you can be here on Dec 24, 2026 so we can do it all again. Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

Always love the organ voluntaries at to conclude the #9LC service. Those low registers you can feel in your soul and gut and make you regret what you ate for lunch. That Messiaen for the win! 🤯👏

I have given up caring what other people think- I will sing the descants high and loud regardless of the setting I’m in even though it’s a stretch for me these days. #wdnc #OComeAllYeFaithful #HarkTheHerald #Willcocks #9LC

WORD! #9LC

Went to a Nine Lessons and Carols on the weekend here in Chicago and they didn’t sing the Word verse (??) this year in O Come. I had worn my “Word” t-shirt and everything. So I have high expectations for the upcoming congregational hymn. (And yes I’m wearing the t-shirt today.) #9LC

These readers are 🔥 this year! #9LC has upped their orating game.

Did they change the mic-ing this year? The sitting and standing of the congregation is waaayyyy quieter. #9LC

Hello organ! #9LC #UntoUs

I appreciated that more sparse There Is No Rose (Stainer & Bell is an old publisher!). I’m not feeling this Britten as much for some reason. #9LC

Portman’s commissioned carol- exquisite. The solo boy soprano voice and when the baritone came in on “at once a voice arose”… I hope this piece gets into choral rep rotation. #9LC

This Canadian-living-in-the-US’s soul is always soothed when a church/choir breaks out the “English” tunes for some of these hymns (It Came Upon, O Little Town, Away in a Manger, etc.) #9LC

Loved that Elizabeth Maconchy arrangement of Nowell We Sing! Good tempo, clear singing. #9LC

Ahhhhhh one of my favourites…. Adam lay ybounden. ❤️💚❤️💚

The Blessed Son of God was new to me- gorgeous. Love me some Vaughan Williams harmony. (I can’t believe I’ve never heard it before!) #9LC

Was there ever a time in the pronunciation of the English language that blood and good rhymed? #9LC

Nailed it! #nopressure #1stverse #OnceInRoyal #9LC

Tea brewing, croissants heating up… getting ready for the live broadcast of @kingscollege.bsky.social Nine Lessons and Carols. #9LC

Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.

The search is still on for Minnie. Lost in the #southloop but could have travelled a distance if scared or spooked. Please keep an eye out for this pup! (I don’t know the dog or owner, just feel bad for the lost pet/owner.)

Merry Christmas #9lc friends. May your day be filled with joy, peace and joy. I hope to see you again next year, I really do appreciate this community. (I'm off to figure out my new Bluesky account.)

Ahhhhh... this Vierne postlude! This is what I'm talking about! #9lc

And that dissonance on that very last "herald" does it to me each time, and not because of my singing. #9lc

That last verse of O Come All Ye Faithful - if I was there in person I would've been a puddle of tears. #9lc

WORD! *throws fist up in the air #9lc

My apologies in advance - I'm going to sing the descant to O Come All Ye very loudly and I'm not a soprano anymore. #9lc

Gloria &c. #9lc

The organ is coming through extra on my sound system right now - not over powering the choir, but really cutting through. Makes me feel almost like I'm there - except I'm not coughing and enjoying a cup of tea. #9lc

There is just something that gets me every time when the organ opens up and just fills the space and you can just hear and feel the air moving through the pipes. #9lc

It isn't Christmas without a little Rutter. (Not too much, just a sprinkling.) #9lc

What is up with the coughing. Just not throat clearing but full on hacking up a lung? On a live broadcast around the world? #9lc

Gabriel's Message!!! My Christmas is complete. ♥️ #9lc

No point in turning the page quietly, the standing of the congregation (and the coughing) will cover it up. And, I haven't heard It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a very long time for some reason. The organist is keeping the tempo on track! #9lc

That Noel by Elizabeth Maconchy was new for me - why haven't I heard this before??? #9lc

That Martin Adam lay was delicious! #9lc

Love that we're starting out with some RVW. Something to help me settle. #9lc

Nice work Once In Royal soloist! #9lc

Hello #9lc friends! Just hopped over here from the other platform to join in on the live broadcast! Always look forward to this community on Dec 24.