One regular churchgoer says the main thing she notices about Christmas is that it is so busy, you have to go earlier to get a seat.

BBC: Why are churches busier at Christmas?

Mr. URCOLA: Yeah, what happened is, I was doing my Master's at City College, but, you know, I was so busy traveling that I couldn't really go to the classes, and I had a little trouble with the people who were running the program.

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