Hundreds of people filled Leeds Minster for the annual event to celebrate Christmas and help those less fortunate by donating gifts. Here are 11 pictures of how the evening unfolded, taken by YEP photographer Jonathan Gawthorpe.
![A procession signals the start of the service](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzE4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The evening was started with a resounding version of O Come, All Ye Faithful](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzI1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![This was followed by an address by the Reverend Canon Sam Corley, the Rector of Leeds](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzI2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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This was followed by an address by the Reverend Canon Sam Corley, the Rector of Leeds
![Readings were given by Yorkshire Evening Post Editor Laura Collins (pictured), Joseph Keith, head of news, and reporter Susie Beever](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzI3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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Readings were given by Yorkshire Evening Post Editor Laura Collins (pictured), Joseph Keith, head of news, and reporter Susie Beever
![It was a packed house for the annual event](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzI4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![ITV Calendar's Duncan Wood giving a reading](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyNDk0NzM2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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