St. Ann: 
  Sunday, Dec. 24th: 12:30p Low Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th: 12:00 Midnight Sung Mass

St. Thomas Aquinas:
  Sunday, Dec. 24th: 11:30a Sung Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th: 11:30p Prelude of Carols
           12:00 Midnight Sung Mass

St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX):
  Saturday, Dec. 23rd:  4:15p Confession
            5:00p Low Mass
  Sunday, Dec. 24th:  7:30a Confession  
            8:00a Low Mass
            9:15a Confession
            10:00a Sung Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th:  9:00p Traditional Matins of Christmas
            11:00p Confession
            12 Midnight Sung Mass
            1:30a Christmas Potluck

What are Matins?

We are blessed to have the traditional office of Matins being sung here in the Charlotte area. Matins is the Morning Office of the Divine Liturgy of the Church. It consists of four parts:

The introduction, which consists of private prayers

1. The Invitatory
2. A hymn

Three Nocturns, each of which consists of:

3. Three psalms, naturally preceded and succeeded by an antiphon
4. Three lessons, each succeeded by a responsory

Thus, there are a total of nine psalms, nine lessons, and nine responsories.

[Aside: The so-called Christmas Cantata over at the local Protestant church consisting of nine lessons and carols is a corruption of Matins of Christmas.]

There is no better way to prepare for the birth of Our Lord than in the manner prescribed by Holy Church in her Divine Office.