The choir from King's College Cambridge get ready for their last rehearsal for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols which is broadcast on Christmas Eve on the BBC. Choristers in Cambridge have been busy rehearsing for the famous carol service at King's College on Christmas Eve - which celebrates its 100th ANNIVERSARY this year. The 16 boys have spent weeks practising at King's College Chapel for the hugely popular A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which was first held in 1918. The idea originated in Truro, Cornwall, where a service consisting of nine car

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