YouTube Goes a-Caroling

I've never actually gone out caroling myself around the holidays, but it sounds like fun. Drinking hot cocoa, hanging with your friends, freezing your behind off while you chatter carols to people who are slightly less freezing than you are. At least that was the world of caroling according to my mom.

Now, we have the Internet. This year, "YouTube Caroling" (be sure to check out contest details) is aiming to breathe a little more warmth into our holiday cheer by giving us the chance to sing our carols, nice and cozy, from in front of our very own computer screens. No freezing or chattering necessary. To pass on some of that cheer, here are a few of my favorite "YouTube Caroling" videos that are sure to get you smiling wider than a nice kid on Christmas:

Mitchell Davis Says His Thank-Yous

I don't know about the rest of the world, but "Snow Day" and zebra masks are definitely how I'll remember Mitchell Davis. Not that he's going anywhere anytime soon. With his and Kyle Sibert's "in the flesh" live performance coming up this month, I have no doubt this is only the beginning of...something. The beginning of, as he calls it, a new chapter in his life. And with this new chapter, it only seems fitting that he's saying "farewell" to the room that started it all.

Not only that, but he's saying "thank you" as well. Thank you to District Lines, thank you to his grandparents...thank you to his fans for making everything possible. You can't say the kid was never humble.

And I don't about you guys, but watching him sit there in that room made me myself a little nostalgia. Seemed like it was only yesterday my sister was yelling at me to come into the room to watch "Snow Day"...again. On my own laptop.

But no need to cry. Wouldn't want to break the rules twice.