With temperatures dropping to -3 today it felt only right to go to a Carol Concert, a very large scale carol concert it was too! Rosina was brought up in a church that when you went to the carol concert you kept your coat on, you could see your breath as you sung and had to watch for Bat droppings on the pews, tonight we visited, seated on cushions, without coats or gloves, The Riverside Church, up on 120th St and looking out across the Hudson River! A very plush and reasonably new church 1922, the tallest in New York and the 24th tallest in the world housed its annual Candlelit Carol Festival complete with gospel choirs, children's choirs and Handbell ringers. Not forgetting the 1000 other congregation members in the Nave.
A highlight definitely was that each one of us was given a candle to hold during singing Silent Night, the church was plunged into darkness and 1000+ candles lit the room, a rare peaceful sight in NYC.
Ordinarily after a Carol Service one would greet the congregation and share Mulled wine and Mince Pies, but of course they don't have those here, so we went home and made our own!
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