Once a year

With the floodgates of Christmas increasingly under pressure as the entire panoply of festivities gathers momentum, we do well to remember the less fortunate, for whom the cost is a nightmare. The quintessential message is simple and sad. Nonetheless, King's at Cambridge will again sing carols on Christmas Eve, as much of the world listens entranced.

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