The Prince Albert Carol Consort (PACC) have been singing at the Prince Albert on December Sundays for more than twenty years. The consort grew out of discussions in the pub among a group of regulars who had a fondness for singing but no shared repertoire. The originators described themselves then, and still do, as ‘drinkers with a singing problem’. Some among the group are knowledgeable English music singers and instrumentalists and they talked of the surviving traditions of village carols in Yorkshire, especially around Sheffield, and parts of Derbyshire and Cornwall. Singing and drinking ticked the essential boxes for the group, and it was resolved to learn some village carols and sing them in the Albert at Christmas.