Singing Christmas Carols

Daniel has really enjoyed singing Christmas songs during the last six weeks that we've listened exclusively to Christmas CDs and the holiday radio stations.

Some of his favorites have become O Holy Night! He's learned most of the first verse, but when he was just learning it, he'd sing "O hooooooooooooooooooly niiiiiiiight. Oooooooooo hoooly niiiiiight" in a very high pitched voice, over and over.  We had him sing this carol over the phone to his grandparents, and it basically knocked their socks off in the cuteness factor.  As the season went on, he learned more of the words and sang, "O Holy night! The stars a brightly shiiiiiiiiiiining, a night of a dear say-ers birth."

He started the season out recognizing several songs the second time he heard them, including Feliz Navidad, Rudolph, Little Drummer Boy.  He sang, "Feliz nami da, feliz nami da, wish you a merry christmas!" and "Daddy the nose nose reindeer had a shiny nose!" and "Rum pa rum rum!".

Around he week of Christmas, I noticed he was singing most of the lyrics to Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rockin Around the Christmas Tree, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

He sang, "Frosty the Fo man was a foooooooooman!" often, and another favorite was "Go Tell Upon a Mountain Jesus Christ is born!"

Daniel's singing was a major highlight to our Christmas season!

Common Lullabyes For You

Here are several of the songs I sing to you before naps or bedtime. 

Note: The English term lullaby is thought to come from 'lu lu' or 'la la' sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and 'by' or 'bye bye', either another lulling sound, or a term for good night.^[2] Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources.Source: Wikipedia

Golden Slumbers 

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles await you when you rise.
Sleep,
pretty baby,
Do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.

Cares you know not,
Therefore sleep,
While over you a watch I'll keep.
Sleep,
pretty darling,
Do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby.

All Through the Night (Traditional Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos)

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and vale in slumber steeping,
I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night.

While the moon her watch is keeping
All through the night
While the weary world is sleeping
All through the night
O'er thy spirit gently stealing
Visions of delight revealing
Breathes a pure and holy feeling
All through the night.

In an alternate version, the second verse is substituted with:

Angels watching ever round thee
All through the night
In thy slumbers close surround thee
All through the night
They will of all fears disarm thee,
No forebodings should alarm thee,
They will let no peril harm thee
All through the night.

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and vale in slumber steeping,
I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night.

While the moon her watch is keeping
All through the night
While the weary world is sleeping
All through the night
O'er thy spirit gently stealing
Visions of delight revealing
Breathes a pure and holy feeling
All through the night.

In an alternate version, the second verse is substituted with:

Angels watching ever round thee
All through the night
In thy slumbers close surround thee
All through the night
They will of all fears disarm thee,
No forebodings should alarm thee,
They will let no peril harm thee
All through the night.