Carol services are a British Christmas institution.
The basic idea of a carol service is that a bunch of people get together and sing carols in a semi-church service-like atmosphere. They seem to always include congregational hymns and scripture reading; however, beyond that, there don't appear to be any hard rules. Some contain a sermon; some don't. Some have a choir singing additional songs, others don't.
Amanda and I went to the Mint's carol service, which did feature a choir but no sermon. For the sake of comparison, the ECU's service featured a sermon, but no choir. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to make it to some other carol services over the next two weeks so we can broaden our sample to get a better idea of what goes on.
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