Not as bad as it sounds. Some of our church choir were part of a group singing carols at Sainsbury’s in Chippenham in aid of the Freewheelers, popularly known as the ‘Blood Bikes’, volunteer bikers who transport blood supplies to where they are needed. We wore high-viz waistcoats on loan from the Freewheelers, which had BLOOD written in big letters on the back. We raised about £500, which worked out at about £10 per minute of singing.
This was part of a busy December programme for our choir. We had an Advent carol service at church (and, later, a Christmas carol service, but I didn’t sing in that). We also sang at a carol service in the atrium of the local hospital, at the invitation of one of the chaplains there. People wandered past trailing their drips, sat in the café in front and knitted, and a good many joined in all or part of the service.
A week before Christmas a few of us (and a Spanish water dog) went round the local streets of Sion Hill carol singing. Now I’ve done these streets a few times I have some idea which houses will give us a welcome. We were particularly appreciated by some visiting New Yorkers (who videoed us on their phones, presumably to beam back to NYC) and the Christmas party of a Bible study group from Bath Abbey.