Holiday Kids
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Holiday Kids music adapts Christmas, Halloween, Hanukkah, Easter, patriotic and classroom-season songs for children's voices and family settings. The mood can be reverent, silly, spooky, cozy or high-energy, but the songs are usually easy to sing and tied to rituals: concerts, parties, pageants, videos, crafts and school events. It is a seasonal genre, but families replay the same favorites for years.
History
Children's holiday music grew from carols, school programs, church pageants, novelty Christmas records and TV specials. Raffi, The Wiggles, Kidz Bop, Super Simple Songs, Laurie Berkner, Disney, Sesame Street and classroom channels created kid-facing versions of seasonal repertoires. Streaming intensified the cycle because families search by holiday and activity, making Halloween freeze dances and Christmas sing-alongs practical tools as much as albums.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- Holiday children's albums
- classroom music catalogs
- soundtrack catalogs
- artist discographies