For 24 hours a day, Students from the University of Illinois are hosting the Dial-a-Carol program.
This is not a hoax.
This idea is nothing new though, and is actually following a tradition that began 55 years ago.
In 1960, the office secretary of Snyder Hall Betty Gordon convinced residents to sing carols for callers during the holidays. It began with the occasional vocals while playing vinyl records for others.
It soon morphed into a non-stop singsong.
The phone lines will open for one week in December, between finals and end-of-semester goodbyes. The students will take turns singing Christmas songs to strangers.
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