Come on guys, we’re gonna go Christmas caroling. Won’t that be fun?
Do we get paid for it?
Um, yeah, that’s the Christmas spirit.
We do?
NO!!! How is that spreading holiday cheer if we get paid? We sing outside people’s homes to bring joy to them. We do get cookies and hot chocolate afterwards, however.
pjdaddy with my mom and graham and madeleine. Garren is with, who else? Mariah.
We had a pretty good crowd show up. It’s funny because we went down the same neighborhood my youth group and I used to carol on when I was a teenager. There was less of us back then, so we were able to be towed on a flat bed and sit on bales of straw. Very cool.
There was probably about 100 people there on this night and it was neat to see all the people come out of their homes so they could listen to us sing. One house, that just happened to be my Godparents’, knew we were coming and had hot cider and brownies waiting for us.
A photo of the crowd with my family
Here’s everyone scattering because of cars. Bruce, the guy with the guitar is my old youth group leader and one of the kindest souls you’ll ever meet.
We finished and went back to the church social center for cookies and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun. I’m hoping that it’ll be a good memory for my kids and when they’re older maybe they’ll pass on the tradition to their kids.
