When I was a graduate student, there was a poster up that on the 16th of December (I won't say which year) there would be a "reading of Handel's Messiah - bring your scores". I had a score and turned up under the great dome on Massachusetts Avenue where the MIT Chamber Orchestra, the MIT Chorus and 4 student soloists sang part one of the Messiah. The railings for 3 stories were ringed with people holding their scores and joining in at the choruses. I will never forget that day and for me this particular chorus is quintessentially Christmas:
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