How well do you know your Christmas Carols?

To emphasize the importance of word choice and to teach great skills such as how to use a thesaurus, my students have been working on quite a fun little Christmas holiday writing project. I gave each student the lyrics to a fairly well-known Christmas carol. After finding all of the common nouns, actions verbs and adjectives, students began changing the words, creating their own song lyrics, while keeping the same message as the original song...

...They turned out so funny that today I was in tears I was enjoying myself so much as I read them. Here are a few snippets! See if you can name that tune while looking into the thoughts and imaginations of some fourth graders!

Kris Kringle is Approaching the City

You better look out, you better not bawl, you better not wine, I'm telling you why... Kris Kringle is approaching the city. He's writing a record and monitoring it twice, gonna find out who's mean and giving. Kris Kringle is approaching the city...

Answer: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Above the Roof

Up on the roof, Buck's wait. Out leaps great, old-aged St. Nick. Descending down the fireplace with a load of good, all for the small ones holiday happiness. Ho, ho ho, who wouldn't hit the road? Ho, ho ho, who wouldn't hit the road? Up on the roof, bang, bang, bang, descending through the fireplace with great Santa Clause...

Answer: Up on the Housetop

Bobsled Tour

...Come on, there are enchanting elements for a bobsled tour together with you. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, let's cruise. Let's view the fireworks. We're touring in a paradise blizzard. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up it's majestic, just embracing your hand.. we're gliding along with the lullaby of a frosty fairy land...

Answer: Sleigh Ride

Freezing Dream World

Sleigh alarms ring, are you listening? In the road, snow fall is sparkling. An appealing sight, we're gleeful tonight, cantering in a freezing dream world...

Answer: Winter Wonderland

Jogging around the Pine Tree

Jogging around the pine tree at the night party celebration. A plant hung where you can look, every husband and wife tried to stop. Jogging around the pine tree, let the holiday spirit sound like bells. Later we'll have some yam pie an we'll do some Christmas singing...

Answer: Rockin around the Christmas Tree

I needed a good happy laughter today and these song lyrics did the trick!