Good grief - carol singer.

[ailbhe]

Bing bong, open door, single teenage girl sings "We wish you a merry Christmas" badly and the hallway fills with the smell of cigarette smoke. I pop my head out to see where the stink comes from and realise at least one other girl is doing the same further down the street. The girl at our door had a bucket covered in tinfoil; Rob gave her 50p or so.

Why not sing together? Daft. Not collecting for charity, obviously. Bah. One reads in books - Susan Cooper, heh - of carol singers in choirs singing a whole song at each house. Humbug.

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[jenett]

It still happens! My landlady and friends go wassailing around town at likely people's homes: they hit me last year because they were meeting at her place (on the front of the property)

I only wished they'd given me advance warning, so I could hand around warm drinks.

[rosefox]

I've gone caroling in groups and we didn't ask for a damn thing. Posers!

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

But you're SUPPOSED to ask for stuff. Specifically, food and booze.

"We want some figgy pudding/we want some figgy pudding/we want some figgy pudding/and a cup of good cheer.

"We won't go until we get some/we won't go until we get some/we won't go until we get some/we're staying right here."

[artela.livejournal.com]

I used to go proper carolling (with a choir) and we used to get rewarded with mince pies and sausage rolls and mulled wine and stuff...

...any kids in 1s or 2s who call here and who can't sing get turned away with nothing.

[velcro-kitten.livejournal.com]

Lou was not impressed either