You need to take a break from the malls and the traffic and the holiday events that have been Santa-ized for your protection. You need to sit for an hour or so in a beautiful Gothic Revival church and listen to the words of Scripture and ancient prayers and hymns set to beautiful music.

This is what you need:

The Coventry Chorale under the direction of David Rollo will present a Christmas Concert on Monday, December 20, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa. Music to be performed on the concert includes Motets for the seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. The featured work to be sung is the "Midnight Mass for Christmas" composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Tickets may be purchased at the door the night of the concert. Admission price is: Adults - $10.00; Students/Seniors - $5.00. For more information please call 663-8555 or contact srnotas at yahoo dot com

As the old carol says:

O ye, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low
Who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow
Look now for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing
O rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing.

The members of Coventry Chorale aren't angels -- they just sing like them.