| Article: | Local Church holds Service of Lessons and Carols In 1918, at King's College in Cambridge, the then-Dean of the college, Eric Milner-White planned the school's first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, based on an order designed by E.W. Benson, who would become Archbishop of Canterbury. The basic format of the service consisted of nine lessons telling of the birth of Jesus Christ, accompanied by nine carols that usually provide a commentary on the various lessons. |