Students from the University of Illinois participate in the annual Dial-A-Carol event, singing Christmas carols to callers from around the world during finals week. Photo by Dial-A-Carol/YouTube
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 15 (UPI) — The University of Illinois is celebrating the 56th year of its annual hotline providing Christmas carols for anyone in need.Starting Dec. 10 through Dec. 16 students at the University of Illinois manned phones at Snyder hall as part of the annual “Dial-a-Carol” program.”The idea behind the program is quite simple,” a post on the university’s housing website read. “Anyone from anywhere can call us and request a holiday tune to be sung over the telephone. Our program runs 24 hours a day for seven days and is held each year during finals week of the first semester.”
