Highlights from the 2014 Good Housekeeping Christmas Carol Concert

This year’s Good Housekeeping Christmas Carol Concert was the best yet. Here’s what happened at the celeb-packed, hymn-fllled, festive event

By Helen GlabersonPublished: 10 December 2014

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Celebrity guests arrive

Taking place at the Grosvenor Chapel, London, the celeb guests start to arrive. Here Good Housekeeping Editorial Director Lindsay Nicholson pulls a cracker with Penny Smith and Sandi Toksvig – we never found out who won the prize...

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Welcome to the GH Christmas Carol Concert 2014

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All the guests have arrived and are seated, ready for the festivities to begin!

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Reading from Editorial Director Lindsay Nicholson

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The service kicks off with the ultimate feel-good Christmas song – Ding! Dong! Merrily On High, followed by a reading from GH Editorial Director Lindsay Nicholson, from the Gospel according to St Luke, Chapter 2. We’re well and truly in the festive mood now.

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Choir sings Away In A Manger

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A beautiful rendition of Away In A Manger sung by Margaret Keys and the Joyful Company of Singers.

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Penny Smith reads from Charles Dickens

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What could be more Christmassy than a reading from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, read by TV and radio presenter Penny Smith.

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Jane Asher reads Christmas Fruit Cake

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Jane Asher raises some laughs as she pretends to be drunk while reading Christmas Fruit Cake – a poem-meets-Christmas-pudding recipe that involves rather a few ‘glugs’ of Whisky. ‘Cherry Mistmas everyone!’

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Sandi Toksvig reads 12 Days Of Christmas

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And to top off the line-up of great celeb-packed readings, presenter and GH columnist Sandi takes to the stand, with a fun reading called 12 Days of Christmas by John Julius Norwich.

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Blessing - Dr Richard Fermer

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Finishing off a fantastically festive service, Reverend Dr Richard Fermer gives a blessing.

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Time for the fizz!

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Each year, our carol service after party takes place in the magical Thomas Goode tableware shop, next door to the Grosvenor Chapel.

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Party in a china shop

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Guests find themselves sharing a glass of fizz surrounded by fantastic china ornaments and twinkling chandeliers. Easy on the bubbles now…

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Guests enjoying the after party

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Guests tuck into delicious canapés and a glass of bubbly.

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The Good Housekeeping Goodie bag

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Rule number one of any GH party. No guest can leave without a fabulous, jam-packed Good Housekeeping goodie bag in their hand.

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