Chicago: The phones are jingling off the hook at Dial-a-Carol, a student-run project on the University of Illinois' Champaign campus.
It's a hotline of sorts for people who prefer hearing holiday music sung by a choir of amateurs who've been up all night studying.
The carols echoing in the lobby of Snyder Hall may be out of tune at times, but the voices ring with youthful energy.
"They're not music majors. They're singing from their hearts," said Kirsten Ruby, spokeswoman for the university's housing department.
