"Carol of the Bells" with Tyler on piano and Allison, Oscar, and Stacy on vocals

My bestie Amy has a birthday on December 14th. Usually I take requests or think of something special to sing for friends and family on their birthdays, but since Amy's is in December, I'd always had Christmas songs planned and hadn't thought to ask if she had any requests. This year I asked her if there was a Christmas song she'd like me to sing for her birthday, and she said her favorite was "Carol of the Bells." 

Completely unaware of this request, Tyler decided he wanted to learn "Carol of the Bells" on the piano. He found a version by Aaron Garner in Piano Marvel, which was a bit beyond his current abilities, and he practiced it until he'd mastered it. It took him 30 times through (not counting all the stops and starts and slow practicing to learn notes) before he got his first 100%. When I saw how well he was playing it I figured he should play it for Amy. And since the song is really meant to be sung by a group ("gaily they ring while people sing...with joyful ring, all caroling"), I recruited Allison and Oscar to sing with me. Enjoy!

Lyrics:
Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares away
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer, to young and old, meek and the bold.
Oh how they pound, raising the sound, o’er hill and dale telling their tale.
Gaily they ring while people sing songs of good cheer, Christmas is here.
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.
Ding dong ding dong that is their song with joyful ring all caroling.
One seems to hear words of good cheer from everywhere filling the air.
Oh how they pound, raising the sound, o’er hill and dale, telling their tale.
Gaily they ring while people sing songs of good cheer, Christmas is here.
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.
On on they send, on without end, their joyful tone to every home.
Ding dong ding dong!

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