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The tradition of friends, family, and neighbors walking door-to-door and singing Christmas carols.

This is an activity for every age. Just make sure that you have a stroller or wagon for the very little ones. Or drive in the car with someone who may have trouble walking or standing for over an hour.

1-2 songs are appropriate

Plan to sing at houses where you know the person but also mix in some neighbors that you don’t yet know. A goal of 6-10 houses is great!

We recommend a 30 to 45 minute pregame with your group prior to caroling. Caroling typically lasts 30 minutes to 1 hour, but can continue longer depending on weather and how the group is feeling!

A group can be as small as 6 or as large as 25. There aren’t any firm rules around group sizes. You just want to make sure that the group can stay together.

Song choice is up to each group, but to make it easy, we’ve provided an extensive list of the most popular caroling songs, along with the lyrics, available in a downloadable/printable file. Singing a mixture of old and new, slow and upbeat songs keeps the energy up. For your convenience, our song list has the most commonly known lyrics in bold, as we suggest only singing lyrics that the whole group is familiar with.

(7-8 pm) after dinner but before bed.