The Mom I Want to Be

You don’t need a one-horse sleigh, glistering snow, or angelic voices to enjoy caroling with your family. The key to making caroling fun for kids is mixing cheery music with lots of holiday spirit!

 

Before heading out, use this checklist to get ready: 

 

Invite your children’s friends and their parents to join you.

 

Make songbooks. Kids ages 3 to 7 can create book covers, while 8 to 12 year olds help you write out or print copies of lyrics to favorite songs. Punch holes in the pages and tie them into books.

 

Pick a well-lit path you know well.

 

Decide beforehand how far your carolers will walk and how long you want to stay out.

 

Kids can carry flashlights; adults can carry candle lanterns.

 

Take a wagon. It can hold everything you take along as well as small children who might get tired.

 

Give yourselves a fun name like “Santa’s Singing Superstars,” and make a sign to put on the wagon.

 

If collecting money for a charity, make a sign and a donation jar with the organization’s name.

 

Before visiting a nursing home or hospital, call ahead and get an okay from the administration.

 

Bring along cookies and a big thermos of hot cocoa. Don’t forget the cups and marshmallows!

 

 

 

 

Holiday Favorites

  

Be prepared for song requests like these classic carols and modern favorites.

  

The 12 Days of Christmas

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

Angels We Have Heard on High

Away in a Manger

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)

Deck the Halls

Do You Hear What I Hear

Feliz Navidad

The First Noel

Frosty The Snowman

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Here Comes Santa Claus

A Holly Jolly Christmas

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I’m Gettin’ Nuttin’ For Christmas

It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bell Rock

Joy to the World

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

The Little Drummer Boy

O Come All Ye Faithful

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Silent Night

We Three Kings

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch