I looked at me Mrs and counted about ten other persons including ourselves in a
freezing church and said to my Mrs I didn’t until now
Try a catholic church for midnight mass next time, you’ll be lucky if you manage to fit inside beyond the porch. Get there half an hour before things kick off if you want to have any chance of a seat. And you certainly won’t be cold – in fact most likely you’ll struggle to breath due to lack of oxygen. All in all it can be like 2 hours of hell, specially if you are sandwiched like sardines at the back unable to see and surrounded by semi-legless Irishmen who have staggered straight from the pub. Still, Christmas wouldn’t be the same without it – I’ve gone to midnight mass every single Christmas since I was 7 years old.