Do People still Go Out Caroling?

[SereneSeagull]

I was just thinking this.  We used to go out caroling in groups as kids to Nursing Homes.  Do people still make rounds?  What a wonderful thing that was.  The joy on the resident’s faces.  

[LisaS961881]

      We are going caroling this Sunday to the local Nursing home.  We visit for most of the afternoon too.  It’s a lot of fun and I’ve done it for the past four years, and it’s the only recent experience I’ve had going Christmas caroling.  Way back when I was in High School, my friends and I went caroling door to door in our neighborhood every year, and, as a Junior Girl Scout, we too went caroling to Nursing Homes and hospitals.

       I also remember that, as a young child, family Christmas gatherings always involved singing carols around the piano…..as I grew older, this tradition seemed to just fade away….

[SereneSeagull]

I loved doing it!  Very cool, I’m so glad to know that it’s still going on!  

[LeeS4949]

 They do in my little coastline town in Maine.. A group goes thru downtown and as you say ,makes the rounds ,and also visits various facilities in the area.. Its not totally gone,just subdued a bit but my little town still clings to some old and treasured traditions.. 

[LisaS961881]

    That sounds idyllic - Christmas carolers strolling through a small downtown!

[SereneSeagull]

I’m picturing snow-blanketed streets and the only sound to be heard in the stillness, are the carolers.

[SereneSeagull]

That makes me smile.  😊. I’m glad to hear that. Good to know that it’s happening  where you are!   We would decorate ornaments and hand them out as well.   I hoped people were still doing it!