Christmas Caroling

Last night about12 members of my church choir and I went Christmas caroling, visiting shut-ins from our church. I used the carol books from Hendrickson Publishers A Classic Christmas Caroling Songbook. This is a carol book we produced as The Christian Life Hymnal was in production and is based on the hymnal. It includes “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” that has additional words for verse 2 and 3 as a Christmas blessing. It was fun last night to conclude at each home with that version (rather than “figgy pudding, etc.”) and offer a blessing for the new year.  We adapted the carol so that it seemed appropriate in a Christian hymnal, and could be used in a worship service setting. Here is a PDF  and MP3 of the carol.