Ian and Tim Credit: University of Cambridge
Each year hundreds of people queue day and night in the cold to experience the magic of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College Chapel. At the head of the queue this year is Tim Wotherspoon who lives in Cottenham and studied maths in Cambridge. He is spending five nights on a camp bed on the cobbles't ensure his seat on Christmas Eve. It's as chilly and as uncomfortable as Occupy London. But the agenda is somewhat different and it will all be over on Christmas Eve when the first few notes of Once in Royal David's City soar into the semi-darkness of one of the world's most famous chapels. Each year up to 600 people queue for several days outside King's College in Cambridge to hear the sublime music of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from seats inside its 440-year old chapel. The candle-lit service, first introduced in 1918, is relayed live by the BBC to millions all over the world.
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