caroling
Yuletide door serenades
Caroling is the act of singing carols, especially Christmas songs, often in a group going door to door: We went caroling through the neighborhood.
The tradition involves visiting homes or public spaces to spread holiday cheer through song.
Also spelled carolling.
Winter holiday period
- noelFestive December song
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- eggnogSweetened dairy holiday drink
sleigh · Santa · tinsel · ornaments · gingerbread · stockings · nutcracker · wassail
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- VictorianOf a prim era
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
door-to-door · neighborhood · community · gathering · procession · pageantry · nostalgia · goodwill
Organized group of singers
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- acapellaVocal music, no instruments
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
soprano · alto · tenor · bass · baritone · madrigal · cantata · anthem
Frozen precipitation crystals
- frostThin ice coating
- hearthFireplace floor area
- DecemberYear's final month
- fireplaceIndoor structure for burning
cocoa · chill · scarf · mittens · evergreen · candlelight · breath · cold
Austrian Christmas carol
- Hark the HeraldYuletide hymn about angels
- The First NoelTraditional Christmas carol
- O TannenbaumGerman carol to conifers
yuletide
Winter holiday period
eggnog · sleigh · Santa · tinsel · ornaments · gingerbread · stockings · nutcracker · wassail · advent
custom
Habitual group practice
Dickensian · door-to-door · neighborhood · community · gathering · procession · pageantry · nostalgia · goodwill · celebration
choir
Organized group of singers
polyphony · soprano · alto · tenor · bass · baritone · madrigal · cantata · anthem · gospel
snowflakes
Frozen precipitation crystals
fireplace · cocoa · chill · scarf · mittens · evergreen · candlelight · breath · cold · evening
Silent Night
Austrian Christmas carol
- Hark the HeraldYuletide hymn about angels
- The First NoelTraditional Christmas carol
- O TannenbaumGerman carol to conifers
- holiday traditionsChristmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year
- American traditionsFourth of July, Thanksgiving, county fair, state fair, rodeo
- church activitiesSunday school, Bible study, church camp, church socials, church picnic
- folk activitiesfolk dance, folk music, folk art, storytelling, folk tales
- folk artstribal art, folk opera, folk theater, Celtic knotwork, Navajo weaving
- holiday songsSilent Night, The First Noel, White Christmas, Jingle Bells, Rudolph
carolingmourning
Period following loss
lamenting · keening · grieving · wailing · funeral hymns
carolingsilence
Total lack of sound
keeping quiet · muteness · quiet · hushing · wordlessness
- caroling traditionsPractices of holiday song-sharing
carol, carols, Carol, caroler, carolers, carolling, caroled, carolled, caroller