English songs for kids

We Wish You a Merry Christmas


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We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
Now bring us a figgy pudding
And bring some out here

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

And we won't go until we've got some
And we won't go until we've got some
And we won't go until we've got some
So bring some out here

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

Children's songs

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas is said to come from the West of England in the 16th century, but almost nothing else is known of this carol.

The song reflects the Christmas tradition of showering gifts on the people who wandered from house to house, singing Christmas carols.

Figgy Pudding is also know as Plum Pudding or Christmas Pudding. It features figs, prunes, molasses, walnuts and spices, and is sometimes made flambeed.


This carol mentions a figgy pudding. Learn the names of other Christmas food items with our picture dictionary! Then read the riddles and try to figure them out.

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Christmas riddles for kids

I am a little man
As delicious as can be
I live in a candy house
That you built for me

Christmas rhymes for kids

It sounds just like a country
But we eat it at dinner
If you can work this one out
Then you're a riddle winner

Holidays songs for kids

I'm made of two colours
And I look just like a hook
You'll give me a lick
But I'm not something you cook


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