Christmas Carols for Kids

I know Christmas festive is nothing if not kids are enthused, and if kids do not visit caroling. True Christmas carols transcend the feel of original American Christmas and I don’t get the feel that my Christmas is yet complete without listening to old carls. When my 5-year-old asked me to teach a carol I thought of teaching her the one that’s been my favorite all my childhood when I went around midnights and early in the morning caroling in my neighborhood. I thought it would be befitting to present those lyrics to my fellow Christians and other readers. The very famous Christmas song was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Here goes the song…..

 

“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Their old familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet the words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along the unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

And in despair I bowed my head:

“There is no peace on earth,” I said;

“For hate is strong and mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

 

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

“God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;

The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men!”

 

Till, ringing singing, on its way,

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,

With peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

I also told my daughter that it’s a poem with seven stanzas; however, those stanzas that had mention of American Civil war were deleted and that we render it as a Christmas song after John Baptiste Calkin tuned to the meaningful stanzas. So are you teaching this to your kid?