I love Christmas music. I could listen to it all year long. In other languages even, like this fun Christmas classic that seemed like such a great fit for my “Christmas in July” series:
One of my favorite things to during the Advent season is to go caroling around our neighborhood.
We do this every year. We usually carol with a group of friends (which is especially nice when they know how to sing parts). Sometimes we’ll have a hayride and carol from the wagon, but we normally just walk door to door. Some of our neighbors who know we are coming invite their friends over to listen, as well, and serve us cookies and hot chocolate when we’ve finished singing.
If you’ve never caroled before, maybe this year would be a good time to try it.
Of course, it works best when everybody is singing off the same sheet of music, so toward that end, I wanted to share these printable Christmas carol song sheets (just click on any of the images below to print them all:
I realize you probably won’t want to go door-to-door singing Christmas carols in July, but this is also a great month to start brainstorming gift ideas. I spotted several things in Educents’ $15000 Back-to-School Giveaway that my kids would absolutely love to find under the Christmas tree, including:
- A 3-D scanner
- A basic buiding kit from Michoduino
- $165 worth of fun-schooling books from the thinking tree
- A subscription to a sticker club
- A super-cool hover cam
- $65 worth of organic tortilla chips
- And many, many more
Just follow this link for more details or to enter the giveaways:
And, speaking of giveaways, don’t forget that we’re giving away a copy of Doug Wilson’s Wordsmithy this week. You can enter that giveaway here.
Thank you for this – My mother is in her last days and today is Christmas. I wanted to sing some carols with her and kept forgetting words yesterday. This is perfect. She is only awake for short periods and is only slightly awake. Thank you for helping share the season and song with her.
I really debated publishing those so close to Christmas, Alicia. Thought briefly about just saving the post until next December. Your message confirms I made the right choice. I’m sorry to hear about your mother, but am glad you can be with her. I love Christmas carols, and I love to hear my children sing, and I imagine both of those things are as much a comfort to your mom as they would be to me.
I want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for putting together your “Here We Come A-Caroling” song sheets and making them available for printing. Every month our church holds an informal service in our local nursing home here in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. At this time of year, I often search in vain for lyrics to familiar carols that are clear, easy to read and nicely formatted. Your song sheets are perfect! We look forward to using them tomorrow. Thanks again.
That sounds great, John. It makes me happy to know they’re being used for that purpose. That’s such a great ministry. (And your message prompted me to collect all my caroling resources in one place. You can now find them here.)