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https://praytellblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kings-college-cambridge.jpg1200674The Victorian-era creation of Christmas Lessons and Carols has lessons to teach us yet today, particularly with courageous choices of music which challenge stereotypes of an overly saccharine image of Christmas. In an age of 'seeker services', this late 19th century service can be both soothing and, at the same time, jarring - challenging our tendencies to want the Christmas story to remain long ago and far away.