Yule

The Cathedral has adopted the rather self-delighted practice of refusing to acknowledge the season until Christmas Day. "Merry Christmas!" is met with frowns until after the Christmas Eve night service. Our merriment is discouraged until after the rest of the world's has peaked. There are only songs of repentance and expectation in mass, and even the Festival of Lessons and Carols transfigured into Lessons and Music. This practice is punctilious without being correct. It draws attention to the worshiper rather than the Worshiped.