I don’t know why I didn’t notice this last year (it’s not like I’m less sleep-deprived this year, after all) but Carolyn’s name is in a lot of Christmas carols.
For example, from “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”:
There’ll be parties for hosting,
marshmallows for roasting,
and Carolyn out in the snow.
(Poor Carrie, I hope she doesn’t get cold out in the snow!)
From “Caroling, Caroling”:
Carolyn, Carolyn, now we go,
Christmas bells are ringing.
Carolyn, Carolyn, through the snow,
Christmas bells are ringing.
(And again with the snow…)
There are more, I just can’t think of them off the top of my head. It’s probably a little confusing to Carrie. Like when we discuss who’s going to carry her to the car or up the stairs. Poor munchkin. I’m sure her name will be an endless source of torment in middle school. (Especially if her classmates ever find out that we called her “munchkin”!)
Here we come a Carolyn
among the leaves so green
Here we go a wand’ring
So fair to be seen…
Love and joy come to you
and a Merry Christmas too!
(I know the real version is Here we come a Wasailling…but this is how we sang it in school when I was a kid)