Caroling

[Jeff Westover]

In researching a new feature about Christmas Caroling we're learning that not many people seem to be doing this anymore. Do any of you have a long standing tradition in your family or community of caroling?

Jeff

[Smemorina]

:-( Please I do not know to understand the translation of "Caroling" you help me?
Thanks
CIAOOOO

[sheepsnot]

The teenagers at our church have gone every year to a local old folks home and "carolled." The meaning of CAROLLING is to go about in a group singing Christmas songs, such as Gesù Bambino 'l È Nato. (I am not that smart. I found that song on the internet! Rarely do you find a song about Jesus and NATO.) :wink:

[Saxomaphone]

I don't go caroling, but we do sing a lot at home.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

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We enjoyed carolling and having carollers stop by the first three weeks in Decemeber. That is when I was growing up and my neighbours were neighbourly. That isn't always the case these days.

We used to get together with a group of my parents friends and their children and we would go carolling to raise money for the Santa Fund. I used to get excited when carollers would come to our door. I'd rummage through my coat pocket in the closet or dash upstairs and check my piggy bank. I'm sure I only gave them silver coins, but I felt like I was thanking them for brightening my day. (Anybody who attempts to sing Silent Night and hits that high "Peace" note deserves some reward.) Sometimes my mom would come to the door too and they would get more out of her.

When I was in High School I was in a Puppet Troop called, Smile Inc. and we put on Christmas puppet shows with Muppet Style Puppets we made out of polyfoam. I was the voice of Santa and one of the elves. We took the puppets and one person dressed up as an Elf (costume from a school play) and we went carolling. There were six of us in that group. We made hundreds of dollars and covered three or four miles of houses.

:( I haven't had a knock on the door from carollers in fifteen years, nor have I knocked on anyone else's door. (Likely a good thing, since I don't sing all that well.)

[McDLT]

:-( Please I do not know to understand the translation of "Caroling" you help me?
Thanks
CIAOOOO

Carolling - going out singing Christmas songs and hymns - sometimes door-to-door, sometimes standing on a street corner.

My old church used to go singing door-to-door and then end up at the lcoal Nursing Home. We had an awesome time!

[Smemorina]

:grin:
Thanks hour I have understood, I had imagined but I was not sure, now yes!
:)

[Ervserver]

every year a group of us from work go caroling at a local senior home. Good thing many of the residents are hearing impaired.

8-)

[mrshamm]

We go caroling with a group from our church. When I used to be apart of several different vocal groups that would go caroling.

[MarthaK]

Carolling is not a family tradition for me, but something the church's youth group did. (granted, my family wasn't musical and we lived out in the country so walking from house to house wasn't an option).

However, in the past two years of living in an established subdivision I have had carollers come by. One was a church group, the other was a large family of home schooled neighbor kids who I just adore.

I'm wondering what I should do this year -- have on hand to serve them -- to encourage them to come back the next year.

[sheepsnot]

We lived out in the country, too, but not that far. It was just over a quarter of a mile to our neighbor's house in either direction. We usually made it to about two neighbors before I started to hallucinate and we headed home.

[caseydbell]

No :( I would love 2 though it seems like it would be loads of fun

[Ervserver]

We lived out in the country, too, but not that far. It was just over a quarter of a mile to our neighbor's house in either direction. We usually made it to about two neighbors before I started to hallucinate and we headed home.

manure runoff in the drinking water?

[sheepsnot]

I'm gonna get fired for sure if you don't cut that out! I meant from freezing to death. (Sidenote, why does my profile keep changing my preferences? I don't want to be notified each time someone replies, but it keeps changing my selection back to yes.)

[Ervserver]

dern....sounds like a website issue...who is in charge around here..where is the official complaint box?

[dvdguy]

Sure sounds like it was spiked. Sure it was water? Not moonshine

[sheepsnot]

I...hic! I...hic! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[dvdguy]

reveneuers!

Again

[Christy Carol]

I think I have only been "caroled" one time and that was a few years back. We were having Christmas Eve supper with my grandfolks and some of their church members came by and sang a few songs and gave them a fruit basket. I think they were only going to fellow members houses but I thought it was really nice. I have always been out in the country so most people don't carol that far out.

[Misfit Toy]

One of the shopping malls here have carolers walking throughout the mall at various times during the holidays, caroling away. Its great!

:rudolph:

[Ervserver]

various malls here have them too and I rather like it, more so when they dress in period clothing

[mrshamm]

I know of one mall near us the has the carolers. I hope they're back this Christmas season!

[Ervserver]

Shopping malls usually have websites and ability to send comments, a friendly note telling to them how much you enjoyed performers couldn't hurt

[mrshamm]

I'll be sure to do that :eek:

[Ervserver]

or you could stroll thru and sing yourself

:???:

[dvdguy]

tried that, guys with strait jackets showed up

[sheepsnot]

I got thrown out of the Hickory Hollow Mall for yawning out of key. Can't imagine what they'd do if I started wailing.

[dvdguy]

see above

[Ervserver]

I got thrown out of the Hickory Hollow Mall for yawning out of key. Can't imagine what they'd do if I started wailing.


If you get weird enuff they may offer you a mall security job

[sheepsnot]

The mall above has a guard on every door and anyone under 18 can't come in without a parent or guardian after 7pm.

[Ervserver]

Unlike the malls here whose so called security staff are likely to be found in the food court most of the time

[elfworks]

i have never gone caroling and sadly, never been caroled to. however, one of my fave xmas tunes is CAROLING, CAROLING. preferably the N K COLE version.


xo

[Ervserver]

I could yodel to into my computer and send you a mp3 file

8-)

[elfworks]

uhm thanks, but i am good!


xo

[sheepsnot]

I'll take a sample of that yodeling, please, with a side order of armpit noises.

[elfworks]

be careful what you wish for, sheep.....


:D


xo

[Ervserver]

http://www.geocities.com/jeffav/yodel1.wav

enjoy !

[elfworks]

i am too afraid to click on the link.....


:D

xo

[sheepsnot]

Can you do that little Irish dance as well? Pretty cool, but no armpit noises as far as I can tell.

[Ervserver]

Erv has no rhythm

[elfworks]

Erv has no rhythm


thats not good.


xo

[Ervserver]

I make up for it in other areas

[dvdguy]

:wiggy: wiggle wiggle

[Ervserver]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Javern/santa.gif

[sheepsnot]

Go, Erv! It's your birthday.
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[Ervserver]

I don't celebrate them anymore....

[sheepsnot]

Just tryin' to help with that rythym problem.

[Ervserver]

I think some Elfwork's eggnog would help

[elfworks]

still waiting on shipping info......




xo

[Ervserver]

shipping info dept is watching football

[dvdguy]

on a sunday? lol

[Ervserver]

yupp...Vikings are off today so I'll have to watch someone else lose

:???:

[dvdguy]

giants playin?

[Ervserver]

they done whopped the Falcons