Christmas Hymns: free sing-alongs for elders with dementia

These classic carols are specifically arranged as sing-alongs for elders with Alzheimer’s and other dementias: slower, shorter, and in a lower key than usual.

Click here to download all 20 classic Christmas hymns.

(It’s a fairly large zip file, about 92MB, so it might take a minute.)

In addition, feel free to download this ready-to-use Christmas hymnal, also created for elders with dementia. The song order in this hymnal corresponds to my ready-to-use Advent worship services.

Songs include:

Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
The First Noel
Go Tell it on the Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Here We Come A-Wassailing
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Joy to the World
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
We Three Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (church version)
What Child is This

My sincere thanks to my super-talented vocalists, Ben Lunstad and Charlotte Sass, and my amazing pianist, Richard Capp, for lending their beautiful gifts to this special recording!

Don’t miss 86 more classic hymns

ICYMI, you can also download 86 classic hymns–Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, Be Thou My Vision, Sweet Hour of Prayer, and dozens more–and lyrics. I’ve created these free downloads so that anyone can host a sing-along at a senior residence or at home–no musical talent required 🙂

Simply download the files to your home computer, then transfer to iTunes or Google Play (and, if you want to be super portable, to your iPhone) and play them through a decent speaker.

Please send me a note and tell me how you use these song files and how it goes–I love stories!

Peace be with you,