5 Well-Known Songs with a Christmas Twist

Are you struggling to find Christmas songs that you can sing with the children?  Why not take songs that they know well and change the words slightly or change all the words but keep the same tune?

The full versions of the following are included in the December section of my Early Years Music Ideas Membership

Change a few of the words:

Here are 4 examples of songs that I have created.  I’m sure there are other songs that you know that you could do something similar to fit the Christmas theme. 

Horsey Horsey could become:

She’ll be coming around the mountains could become a song about Santa:

Wind the bobbin up could become:

My hat it has 3 corners could become:

Changing all the words

I have also taken the well-known song '1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive' and changed all the words to a Christmas theme.   

1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive could become:

If you have Early Years Music Ideas, during late November and all of December, you can access all the words to these songs, and the plans and recordings for each.  Click here to access them (you will need to enter your login details: https://early-years-music-ideas-2-to-5-years.simplyeducated.net/courses/26204-december 

If you don't yet have membership, please click here to find out more:

Click here to find out Early Years Music Ideas 2 to 5 Years membership

I'd love to hear about well-known songs that you have changed slightly for the Christmas theme.  You can write them in the comments section below.

Happy music making!