Are you looking for something different for your winter program? Here are some possible themes with some unexpected song choices. See also Winter Sing Along, Christmas Songs and Hanukkah Songs. These themes could also be used year-round; just omit anything that sounds like Christmas time!
- Simple Gifts
- A Gift for Santa (Teresa Jennings)
- Old Santa Claus – pending
- Chipmunk Song (R. Bagdasarian)
- Dayenu
- Song of the Dragon
- Christmas Day
- It’s Almost Day
- Perry Merry Dictum Dominee
- The Gift of Love – songs about love
- The Gift of Family – songs about family
- The Gift of Freedom – see American songs, see songs from Freedom program
Introduce each song by singing the first phrase of the Twelve Days of Christmas, but change the lyrics to…
- “On the first day of Christmas we hang the decorations” – Deck the Halls
- “On the second day of Christmas we trim the Christmas tree” – O Christmas Tree
- “On the third day of Christmas we build a snowman” – Frosty the Snowman (Nelson & Rollins)
- “On the fourth day of Christmas we watch for Santa Claus” – Here Comes Santa Claus (Autry & Aldeman)
- “On the fifth day of Christmas we play out in the snow” – Snow Day (Riggio)
- “On the sixth day of Christmas we write to Santa Claus” – The Best Gifts (Jennings)
- “On the seventh day of Christmas we take a walk outside” – Winter Wonderland (Bernard & Smith)
- “On the eighth day of Christmas we wait for Santa Claus” – He Delivers (Sherman)
- “On the ninth day of Christmas there’s Christmas in the air” – Silver Bells (Livingstone & Evans)
- “On the tenth day of Christmas there’s shopping, shopping, shopping!” – The Christmas Rush (Albrecht)
- “On the eleventh day of Christmas it’s looking more like Christmas” – It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas (Willson)
- “On the twelfth day of Christmas we give a gift of love” – The Gift of Love (Silversher)
See also
- Digital Visuals – to be pasted into other programs