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Christmas Music: Songs for All Ages CHRISTMAS MUSIC: A Kids Friendly Collation www.kidsfriendly.org.nz What’s new? What are the tried and tested favourites for singing the Christmas story with children and all ages together? Kids Friendly has collated some recommended songs and CDs from people around our churches. Let us know what you love too! Hey Mary: This beautiful interactive song is hot off the press from our own Malcolm Gordon and his 5 year old son Sam. Watch the video. I’m sure you will be as inspired as us and soon lots and lots of congregations will be singing this amazing song this Christmas. Download the music and lyric sheet from www.onevoice.org.nz “This song focuses initially on how Mary offers her life to receive and nurture the life of God into the world. Then as we sing the next verses (choosing a new person each time) we realise that in God's upside down kingdom, God in Christ is coming into the world through each of us.’ Malcolm Gordon SONGS FOR ALL AGES People Came from All Around: Also from Malcolm Gordon (2012). Download the music and lyric sheet from www.onevoice.org.nz Children’s Collection Ian White: Single songs from the album can be purchased from itunes Popular Christmas songs include Somebody’s Birthday, Joyful News, Would you like to hold a baby, Merry Christmas to You’. A Very Mary Christmas by Mary Rice Hopkins Listen to and purchase from itunes. Especially popular Angel Band, Sheep Party, Best Story of All. Kids Just Love Christmas and On a High Note 3 These two CD's from Kids Music Company have some good renditions of favourite carols. CHRISTMAS 1 and 2 RPM The Righteous Pop Music Christmas series, created by Mark Bradford, puts Christmas lyrics to hit pop songs. Fun for Christmas celebration services, performances and parties. Jenny McCullough (Knox Waitara) highly recommends this contemporary FUN resource of Christmas songs. Brett Walker (St Columba Taradale) thought the song ‘I’m getting something good’ would go really well with a couple of puppets FOR PRESCHOOLERS and YOUNGER CHILDREN Christmas Songs and Rhymes for Kids This Kids Friendly resource is a compilation of simple songs sung to popular tunes. Ideal for pre-schoolers and young primary with a few longer songs too. The Wiggles Christmas Classics: This CD has 10 simple versions of well-known carols for pre-schoolers including Away in a manger, Silent night, Ding dong merrily on high, Unto us this holy night, and a spoken description of the Shepherds following the star. Christmas for Kids: This Jill Kemp CD has some great songs for young children to learn the Christmas story. Hallelujah Christmas Song: Written by our own ex-Kids Friendly coach Lucy Davey was released in 2014 by Mainly Music as a Christmas book/CD for any churches to give away to families- well received. Available from mainly music. KIWI THEMED MUSIC Carol our Christmas: A collection of 52 contemporary carols form New Zealand. (24 on CD of same name) Some used with children including Carol our Christmas, Our upside down Christmas, Don’t tell anyone-shhh, The Jersey cows came mooing, Te Harinui. NZ Christmas songs: Check out this website with information on some popular NZ carols including Te Harinui, Marie te po (Silent Night), An Upside Down Christmas (‘Carol our Christmas’ with a suggested livelier tune for children). Also some fun ones like A Pukeko in a Ponga tree. Kiwiana Christmas song and Christ is Born: These CD's and songbooks by Natalie Yeoman (“Cloud and Fire - songs for the journey’) are available for loan from the Hewitson Library. FROM OUR AUSSIE NEIGHBOURS Bethlehem Bop by Johnnie Burns on Praise Crazy (Track 6) is a great song for actions and ‘bopping’ along to. The Greatest Present on ‘Oh Have you Heard' CD from Snack music (Track 10). When Jesus was Born (Beth Barnett) and King of Christmas (Colin Buchanan) are two CDs of Christmas music that are sure to have something you like. OTHER FAVOURITES Mary’s Boy Child popular version by Boney M. Little Drummer Boy – pentatonix version or older kids may like the rap version by Justin Bieber Mary had a baby yes Lord - Works well as a question/response song with two groups. Come on Ring those Bells - there are many versions of this. Out of the Ark pageant resources have a number of catchy songs. .
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