Christmas Carols to Sing Along with Kids

Nothing hypes up the Christmas spirit like Christmas carols. Whether you are listening to them or singing them with your family and friends, you are likely to feel as joyous as a little child.

But what if your kids aren’t quite as into carols as you are? What if they just don’t get the joy of Christmas carols like you do?

We’re here to help! We’ve compiled a list of the merriest Christmas songs, carols and poems for kids that your young ones would love to hum along through the holiday season! Sounds like a plan to keep them cheerful during the holidays?

Snippet of Carols’ History

Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago. These were not Christmas Carols, because they were pagan songs, sung at Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced around stone circles. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. Carols actually mean “dance” or “a song of praise and joy!” Carols used to be written and sung during all four seasons, but only the tradition of singing them at Christmas has really survived!

Why should you teach kids Christmas Carols?

While adults think of this as a form of pure entertainment, kids can actually benefit from playing with Christmas Carols.

This can range from learning various skills to gaining confidence.

We’ve outlined some of the most important benefits :

Paced Up Learning :

Children have a tendency to learn fast through the art of singing. By using their vocals to express various melodies and musical tunes they are distracted with their creativity while they take in and learn new skills.

Singing songs that they are unfamiliar with can help teach your child new vocabulary words, their meanings, and how to pronounce them correctly.

Improved physical health

Singing is actually considered an aerobic exercise! While singing their hearts out, your child will get a cardiovascular workout. The neck and head muscles get their share of exercise while singing as well. This decreases the development of middle ear infections through the emptying of the Eustachian tubes. The act of singing also reduces stress hormones which can help your child lower their stress levels.

Strengthens cognitive skills

Through singing your child can improve their concentration, memory, and listening skills greatly. By listening to the music your child will get more attuned to the sentence structures, rhyming, word pronunciation, and various parts of speech.

Instills confidence

There are going to be many times in your child’s life when they will have to get up in front of an audience or group of people to either perform or give a speech. This can be a very scary act for a child to do.

Fortunately, you can help boost your child’s confidence when it comes to being in front of a group of people by having them start young.

How to teach your kids Carol?

While singing a carol with your kid, don’t focus on memorizing every word or making them perfectly correct in their singing. You can let them make mistakes and just have fun with it.

Here is how to make the best out of Carol learning activity for your kids:

1. Try Karaoke

2. Involve dance & action

3. Use Household supplies, craft items to re-create the carol scenes with your children – such as old shoe boxes, toilet rolls and toy animals.

4. Make it Engaging – Help kids with the meanings of Carols

Let them ask questions, create their own versions or introduce their own story lines.

Carols for kids :

Jingle bells

Dashing through the snow

On a one horse open sleigh

O’er the fields we go,

Laughing all the way

Bells on bob tail ring,

making spirits bright

What fun it is to laugh and sing

A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago,

I thought I’d take a ride,

And soon Miss Fanny Bright

Was seated by my side;

The horse was lean and lank

Misfortune seemed his lot

We got into a drifted bank,

And then we got upsot.

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

Oh, What fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

Oh, What fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh.

Now the ground is white

Go it while you’re young

Take the girls tonight

And sing this sleighing song

Just get a bob tailed bay

two-forty as his speed

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack! you’ll take the lead

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

Oh, What fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

Oh, What fun it is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh.

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night!

All is calm, all is bright.

Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.

Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight.

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,

Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born

Silent night, holy night!

Son of God love’s pure light.

Radiant beams from Thy holy face

With dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth

Rudolph – the Red Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen

Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen

But do you recall

The most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games

Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came to say

“Rudolph, with your nose so bright

Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then how the reindeer loved him

As they shouted out with glee

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You’ll go down in history”

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games

Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came to say

“Rudolph, with your nose so bright

Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then how the reindeer loved him

As they shouted out with glee

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You’ll go down in history”

Santa Claus is coming to town

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He’s making a list

He’s checking it twice

He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleeping

And he knows when you’re awake

He knows if you’ve been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

‘Cause Santa Claus is coming to town

Oh, let’s go

Now, he sees you when you’re sleeping

And he knows when you’re awake

He knows if you’ve been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming

I mean the big fat man with the long white beard

He’s coming to town