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Bringing the joy of Advent and the promise of Christmas into the marketplace, some 150 ���ϲ����� students recently descended upon The Oaks shopping mall in Thousand Oaks to stage a choral “flash mob.”

After furtively gathering around the mall’s central Christmas display — by the Santa Claus photo center — the students simultaneously burst into song. They began with “Joy to the World” and “The First Noel,” and then concluded with a rousing rendition of “O Holy Night.” The mall’s surprised customers and employees seemed to delight in the performance.

Organized by junior Giorgio Navarini, the yuletide event is fast becoming a regular College tradition. The inaugural flash mob in 2013 was so widely and well received — generating nearly 50,000 views and coverage from EWTN’s World Over — that students have been enthusiastic about doing it again every year since, preparing in their spare time for weeks in advance.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear the angels’ voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine, o night
O night divine!