Hey Nigel
cut the poor ladies a bit of slack!!!
La Missa de gal (the mass of the cockerel) can be anytime from 9.30pm until midnight.
If you turn up at midnight it is very likely you will miss the service.
In the U.K midnight mass on Christmas eve usually starts at 11.30.
The priest here says mass in two villages so one service is at 10.30 followed by 11.30 in the other
village.
So maybe the blondes were not quite as dumb as some may think.
Happy New year
;)