The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without the festive and joyful Christmas carols heard all throughout shops, malls, and main streets everywhere you go. So how about bringing those carols back home too?

Listening to Christmas songs is great for family decorating time, so why not get creative and start learning to play the songs together instead? No matter who it is that’s learning an instrument – whether it’s you, your sibling, your child, or your partner – learning to play the songs you love listening to makes it all the more fun!

Here are some of the easiest Christmas carols to play on any instrument:

– Jingle Bells
– Deck the Halls
– Santa Claus is Coming to Town
– Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
– Silent Night
– Away in a Manger
– Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
– Joy to the World
– I Saw Three Ships
– O Come All Ye Faithful
– We Wish you a Merry Christmas
– Twelve Days of Christmas

While some of these songs are fun and energetic, there are also some slower and mellow ones – and all of them are quite repetitive which makes them even easier and faster to learn and enjoy together.

For extra family fun, try to play the songs along to original versions or simply sing along while you play and see if you can keep up – you might surprise yourself! Either way, playing music and singing Christmas carols together is the perfect thing to do with your family at this wonderful time of the year.

If you don’t play an instrument and are eager to learn, get in touch with the School of Popular Music today – we offer classes and individual tutoring for all ages and levels in several different instruments such as piano, guitar, bass, violin, drums, and more, as well as vocal training.

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