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Christmas Songs For Children
from: Kyle BesserThe Christmas season is probably every child's favorite holiday. One memorable thing about the the Christmas season is the music, including children's Christmas songs that are sung by almost every child. Children know a lot of the traditional Christmas songs, but there are many Christmas songs that are aimed especially towards children that they enjoy the most. Most children will remember the lyrics of children's Christmas songs throughout their life.
Most children learn the traditional Christmas songs, such as Silent Night and Away in a Manger and sing them during school Christmas plays, nativity scenes, or concerts. They also learn to sing the more memorable children's Christmas songs such as Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth, and other children's Christmas songs. These songs are often included in the soundtrack of Christmas movies, and the children tend to remember them more when they associate them with something fun that they have watched.
Children also remember songs with lyrics that are funny or witty. When the lyrics to traditional songs, such as Jingle Bells, are changed to some funny memorable lyrics, children will sing the Christmas funny songs more often and remember it better. For example Jingle Bells is traditionally sung:
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
But children tend to remember the song when the lyrics are changed to:
Jingle Bells, Batman Smells
Robin laid an egg
The batmobile lost its wheel and the Joker ran away
By changing the lyrics and keeping the music of the song the same, the children will more likely remember the Christmas funny songs. The lyrics to some of the children's Christmas songs are a bit controversial, as some people may feel that changing the words to traditional songs with more fun memorable lyrics is offensive and disrespectful. Others feel Christmas is all about having fun, being happy and having a few laughs with the traditional Christmas songs is nothing more than part of the enjoyment of the festive holiday mood.
Some ways of helping the children to remember children's Christmas songs is by turning the songs into some form of a game. For example, by using the lyrics for The Twelve Days of Christmas, you can have the children make or find something that is symbolic to each day and have them drop it at a neighbor's door each day, starting twelve days before Christmas. To make it more enjoyable for the child, have them do it in secret so that the neighbors have no idea who is dropping off the gifts each night. By doing this, the child will never forget the words to this children's Christmas song.
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