40 Days, 40 Churches

Day 27: St. Francis of Assisi, Belfast ME

This is where the wife and I used to on Christmas Eve when we'd be up at her parents' for the holiday. The music is much better than the church over in Winterport, but there are two drawbacks:

1. We always get lost going over to the church. It's not in a particularly tricky location, but we never quite get it right, leading to some rushing to get there on time.

2. It's not a big church, so we often got stuck in the balcony, which would be fine if it weren't faced with Plexiglas. If you're in the front pew, it's like being at a hockey game, just with less peppy organ music.

We did see someone pass out here one year (as you can imagine, it gets a little toasty between the small size and capacity crowd), but it turns out a member of the choir is also a doctor, which is kind of handy.