Tonight we carried on with another of our Christmas Traditions, that of going caroling. We made a few minor changes to our tradition tonight. For one we cut down on the number of homes we went caroling to. We had noticed over the years that it begins to get a little stressful when you are running across town to 15 or 20 homes to sing to people and give them some goodies. We weren't doing this for stress so thought that reducing the number would help. It did.
Secondly with the added time it allowed us to be a little more flexible. That is when it crossed our mind to sing to someone else nearby one of the families we had planned to sing to we had the time and were able to do so.
We also invited more folks to sing with us and we enjoyed having the added numbers and got to do something fun with our friends as well. We sang to a number of folks that we hadn't seen in a while and they seemed to appreciate the singing. We have enjoyed singing over the years to friends and letting them know that we still remember them and care despite the fact that our busy lives might have made it so we don't see them as often as we once did.
Tonight one family had told us in advance that they wanted to have us in for some warm apple cider and some goodies so we went to their home last and they had some great cookies, cider and crackers and dip. There were eleven of us and we even sounded pretty good. One of our company enjoyed the time away from her family with one of her children since over the last few months with her husband deployed she has spent her days with her four young children and enjoyed being with adults that didn't require her to change their diapers.
Our family has always loved singing together thanks to my wife's great music skills and we have had this tradition for many years where we would share our modest abilities with other's to help them feel the meaning of Christmas and the fun of the music. Now we are including more of our friends to sing with us which makes it even more fun all around for more of us.
Secondly with the added time it allowed us to be a little more flexible. That is when it crossed our mind to sing to someone else nearby one of the families we had planned to sing to we had the time and were able to do so.
We also invited more folks to sing with us and we enjoyed having the added numbers and got to do something fun with our friends as well. We sang to a number of folks that we hadn't seen in a while and they seemed to appreciate the singing. We have enjoyed singing over the years to friends and letting them know that we still remember them and care despite the fact that our busy lives might have made it so we don't see them as often as we once did.
Tonight one family had told us in advance that they wanted to have us in for some warm apple cider and some goodies so we went to their home last and they had some great cookies, cider and crackers and dip. There were eleven of us and we even sounded pretty good. One of our company enjoyed the time away from her family with one of her children since over the last few months with her husband deployed she has spent her days with her four young children and enjoyed being with adults that didn't require her to change their diapers.
Our family has always loved singing together thanks to my wife's great music skills and we have had this tradition for many years where we would share our modest abilities with other's to help them feel the meaning of Christmas and the fun of the music. Now we are including more of our friends to sing with us which makes it even more fun all around for more of us.
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