Caroling

During the Christmas season children roam around our village and sing Christmas carols in front of every house. At first the people in our village welcome them and give them some coins after they sang but later on people get annoyed and just let them sang until they get tired since nobody meets them outside to give something. My kids even get tired of saying “patawad” when a group of children, one after another, comes and sing carols. II just laugh at them as they say “patawad”, meaning sorry, but we ran out of coins to give. I remember when I was a kid, I also did sing Christmas carols house after house, but it was different during those days because we don’t just sing. We prepare for it. We used tambourines and we have guitarists to make our music pleasant to hear. Now children just sang and don’t even intend to finish a song just to get their coins.