Fair Trade Holiday Caroling Toolkit 2010

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1 s Fair Trade Holiday Caroling Toolkit 2010 f

2 Dear Carolers: Thank you for joining Fair Trade Holiday Caroling! You are about to have a lot of fun, while supporting countless farmers and artisans around the world as they build a better future for themselves and their families. I wanted to share the words of Pedro Torrez, Secretary of the La Pita Fair Trade coffee cooperative in Nicaragua: To be certified Fair Trade was a great joy for us. Fair Trade has enabled this cooperative to survive. You ask how you can help. You are helping. You are spreading awareness of our situation and our poverty. You help us much more this way than giving money. Mr. Torrez shared these sentiments with me and a group of Global Exchange Fair Harvest Reality Tour participants, who were in Nicaragua to help bring in the annual Fair Trade coffee harvest. During my trip, Fair Trade producers spoke often of the dignity that comes from supporting their families with their own farms and businesses. Fair Trade gives these families an alternative to working in low-paying, exploitative jobs on plantations or in sweatshops. They made it clear that their dreams depend on volunteers like us spreading the word about the Fair Trade system. As citizens of countries that import Fair Trade products, we can help to sustain a vibrant market for their goods. Together, Fair Trade Holiday Carolers will make a huge impact in making that market even more vibrant, by asking thousands of people to commit to buying Fair Trade with their Fair Trade New Year s Resolutions. Thanks again for caroling with us this year! Afterwards, please stay involved in Fair Trade advocacy! Visit for a list of participating organizations that offer Fair Trade programs. Sincerely, Adrienne Fitch-Frankel Fair Trade Campaign Director, Global Exchange PS: You can write and submit your own original Fair Trade Holiday Carols and we will post them online! Send your song to fairtrade@globalexchange.org with Fair Trade Holiday Carol submission in the subject line. Please include the name of the traditional carol or song that should be used for the melody. f

3 How to Fair Trade Holiday Carol What to do in advance: 1. Get a caroling group together. Invite friends, family, or members of your congregation, school, youth group or other group.] 2. Decide on a date, time, and location. Date: Anytime in December, but we encourage you to consider caroling during the first two weeks of December, in order to invite people to purchase their gifts Fair Trade during holiday shopping. Location: Anywhere you might encounter people who might not know much about Fair Trade door-to-door; holiday parties you attend or organize (consider inviting attendees to go caroling door-to-door afterwards!); Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or other holiday dinners with family; bustling public places (shopping districts, or the entrance to a movie theatre or subway station); your congregation; school holiday play. 3. Photocopy the caroling materials: Fair Trade Holiday Carol Songbook: Enough so carolers can easily see the lyrics, even in the dark (to conserve paper, please print double-sided!); additional, new songs will be available at New Year s Resolution Form, Flyer, and Coupons: Enough for each household or audience. New Year s Resolution record: Enough for the number of New Year s Resolutions you think you will collect. 4. Put aside a clipboard and a couple of pens to use while caroling. 5. Send an to your referring organization or fairtrade@globalexchange.org to let us know the number of carolers in your group, so we can announce how many people participated! Optional tasks to do in advance: 1. Create and photocopy a list of the names and addresses of retailers in your area that carry Fair Trade products, to hand out to each household Distribute the carols to participants in advance so that they can practice. 3. If you are caroling with children, you might read a Fair Trade book or curriculum in advance with the children, so they understand Fair Trade Contact your local media and invite them to trail you while caroling. 3 1 Resources to generate your list are at and Fair Trade coalitions in some cities have lists, such as New York ( inder.php), San Francisco ( and Seattle ( which has a map. 2 Fair Trade books and curricula for children are available at or 3 Information on how to contact the media and a model media advisory are available

4 5. Plan to take photos, videos, or mp3 s to to your friends and family, like a musical e-card, and to post online! What to do right before you start caroling: 1. Practice each of the carols at least once as a group. 2. Invite all the carolers to fill out Fair Trade New Year s Resolutions themselves! What to do when you are caroling: We suggest this sequence: 1. Sing 2-3 carols. If you are caroling door-to-door, ring the doorbell and then start singing right away, so that residents will know to answer the door. (If the residents do not answer the door, leave a flyer and coupon page.) 2. Read the Fair Trade Public Education Script. 3. Ask your audience to make a Fair Trade New Year s Resolution. Individuals making a Resolution should fill out BOTH the New Year s Resolution Form, which they keep, AND the New Year s Resolution Record, which you keep. If you are caroling in a public place, holiday party, etc, you might have volunteers walk around the audience with forms on clipboards. 4. Give your audience the flyer, coupon page, and any other materials about Fair Trade. 5. Sing one or two additional carols. After you finish caroling: 1. Please mail your New Year s Resolution Records no later than January 2, so that we can tally the number of people who made Resolutions and add them to the listservs. Mail them to the organization that referred you to Fair Trade Holiday caroling. If you do not have a referring organization, mail your forms to Global Exchange; 2017 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA Post videos at and send photos and mp3 s to fairtrade@globalexchange.org to be posted to our Flickr account and website. Fair Trade Holiday Caroling is an initiative of Global Exchange s Fair Trade Sweet Smarts Campaign in collaboration with nonprofit organizations, Fair Trade companies, schools, congregations, and youth groups nationwide and around the world. To learn more about participating organizations, visit

5 Fair Trade Public Education Script Note: (1) Sections in italics are optional. (2) Please feel free to explain in your own words why you personally care about Fair Trade! Happy Holidays! We are participating in Fair Trade Holiday Caroling, along with groups of carolers in countries around the world. We are spreading holiday cheer, and also sharing information with our neighbors about Fair Trade and how each of us can change our purchasing habits to help farmers and artisans escape poverty. This does not require us to buy more, just to buy differently. In the holiday spirit of goodwill toward others, we hope you will consider making a Fair Trade New Year s Resolution. First, we would like to share with you just one example among hundreds of thousands of families who are lifting themselves out of poverty and dismal working conditions, through Fair Trade. As a young woman, Maria was a worker on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation for six years. She worked as much as 22 hours a day, picking coffee, tending coffee trees, and cooking for the other workers. Due to the working conditions, she became very ill and almost died. When she could no longer work, her younger brother sold firewood to support the family, but he was such a small child that he struggled to carry the heavy loads. To save her life, she left the plantation and helped start a coffee cooperative, where she could work and live with the dignity of working for herself on her own very small coffee farm. Thanks to the cooperative and the Fair Trade price she earned for her coffee, Maria was able to send her younger brother to university and he is now an engineer and homeowner. If you have never heard of Fair Trade products before, Fair Trade farmers and artisans: * Receive a higher price for their goods, so they can access health care and education, and build a brighter future for their families * And operate under standards that protect workers and the environment s

6 Fair Trade items that are available include: * Food products, such as coffee and chocolate, which are monitored for Fair Trade standards by an independent third party under the Fair Trade USA label and * Gifts, crafts, and clothing which are screened by the Fair Trade Federation These Fair Trade products are available in every price range, often at the same or similar prices to comparable items. The flyer we are distributing tells you how to find these products. Courageous Fair Trade farmers and artisans are transforming their families lives one coffee or cocoa bean at a time. Yet they can only succeed if people like you and me choose products from Fair Trade cooperatives and help spread the word to other consumers. We would like to ask you to do two simple things, by filling out our New Year s Resolution form. We would like to ask you to: (1) take action in at least one way, such as asking others to buy Fair Trade, and (2) plan to purchase at least one Fair Trade item, such as a package of Fair Trade coffee or tea. As a caroling group, our goal is to collect at least Fair Trade New Year s Resolutions this year. If thousands of people worldwide make a Fair Trade New Year s Resolution, together, we will have a huge impact on helping people lift themselves out of poverty. We are also encouraging people to make all or most of their holiday gift purchases Fair Trade, which helps transform the life of a farmer or artisan family. If you are new to Fair Trade, feel free to give it a try, and just commit to one item on the list. If you already purchase Fair Trade, we invite you to set a higher goal. An easy first step that we can help with right now is to join a Fair Trade listserv, which usually only sends s once or twice a month. We also have Fair Trade coupons, so you can get a discount on your first purchase. f

7 Fair Trade New Year s Resolution Record and Listserv signup Collected by: Please print First Name Last Name Zip Code address (so we can provide pledge support by sending a reminder) Made a Fair Trade New Year s Resolution? Take your first Fair Trade New Year s Resolution action now! Check here to join a Fair Trade Listserv Reminder to carolers: Mail these forms to your referring organization by January 2 so we can count the number of Resolutions!

8 This holiday season, with Fair Trade chocolate, coffee, and gifts you can eat, drink and be merry!!! Why merry? Because you can feel great about how the purchases you are making are transforming the world and helping to end poverty! 000 In a world in which many farmers and workers live in poverty while producing the goods we enjoy, Fair Trade provides a pathway out of poverty. 000 Fair Trade farmers and artisans earn a stable price that enables them to access basic needs like education and health care, and build the hope of a brighter future for their families. Here are four simple things you can do: 1. Buy Fair Trade products. Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other foods: Look for the Fair Trade USA label Many retailers listed at fairtradeusa.org/content/wheretobuy Clothing, crafts, and gifts: Look for Fair Trade Federation members Many retailers listed at fairtradefederation.org/members Find special offers on Fair Trade holiday gifts and take the Fair Trade holiday gift pledge at givefairtrade.wordpress.com. 2. Learn more about Fair Trade. Google Fair Trade to visit a website and join a listserv. 3. Get involved! Help advocate for Fair Trade with any of the websites you find online, through fun activities in your community! 4. Tell any educators you know that there are free Fair Trade curricula available at so that children can learn about Fair Trade, too! Fair Trade Holiday Caroling is an initiative of Global Exchange s Fair Trade Sweet Smarts Campaign in collaboration with nonprofit organizations, Fair Trade companies, schools, congregations, and youth groups nationwide and around the world. To learn more about participating organizations, visit Ever since I took a pledge to make all of my holiday gift purchasing Fair Trade, my shopping has become so much easier and more satisfying! Every year, I walk into my local Fair Trade store with the list of gifts I need to buy, and walk out an hour later with all my shopping complete. When I distribute my holiday gifts, many have tears in their eyes as they read about the transformation those gifts made in the lives of another family. Each of my loved ones finds it moving and meaningful in the spirit of the holiday season. I hope you will consider joining me in buying Fair Trade, too, whether you do your Fair Trade shopping online or at a store. Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Fair Trade Campaign Director, Global Exchange

9 Fair Trade New Year s Resolution/ Holiday Gift Challenge Certificate for Fair Trade empowers artisans/farmers to build a poverty-free future for their families. I/we resolve to take action this month (check all that apply): insert name Read about Fair Trade from an online or print source Join a Fair Trade listserv Make a donation to support organizations raising public awareness of Fair Trade Tell at least ten friends, family, and coworkers about Fair Trade Tell one or more teachers about Fair Trade curricula available online Ask my school, workplace, congregation, or youth group to use Fair Trade certified coffee, tea, and/or fundraising products Ask a local store or café to carry Fair Trade products I/we resolve to purchase Fair Trade: (check all that apply) Once during the next month Once each month in the coming year Holiday season gifts*(indicate % goal: 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%) Check when complete Chocolate or cocoa Coffee or tea*** Gifts or clothing Other Check here Record progress** Check here Record progress Check here Record progress Check here Record progress *If you have already purchased all your holiday gifts for this season, then please apply your New Year s Resolution to next year s holiday season. **Use tick marks in the one each month column to track your goal. ***Package for home consumption or cup at a restaurant or café. Date resolution made: Date resolution to be fulfilled (one month or one year from now): Resources to help you fulfill these New Years Resolutions, including links to organizations involved in the program, are available at Look for this Logo! Feel free to place this certificate on your refrigerator or bulletin board, next to your shopping list, as a way to remember to look for the Fair Trade label.

10 Enjoy these coupons to take the f irst step in fulf illing your Fair Trade Holiday Gift pledge or Fair Trade New Year s Resolution COFFEE, TEA, CHOCOLATE OLATE AND SNACKS Shop at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store now through January 10, 2011 and take 10% Off your order! To receive discount, simply enter coupon code fairtradecaroling during checkout. 15% off your order of $25 or more your order of $25 or more on Equal Exchange s retail webstore. Use coupon code SING10 Offer fer expires 12/31/10 and cannot be used in conjunction n with any other offer. fer. No minimum purchase required; cannot be combined with any other discount. Global Exchange offers Fair Trade coffee & chocolate, gift baskets, jewelry & housewares, and hundreds of other unique gift items from around the world. Small Farmers. Big Change.

11 Global Exchange s Fair Trade Holiday Caroling Songbook Table of Contents f Fair Trade Carols Buy Fairtrade (Holiday Song Contest Winner, Youth Category)...1 Fair Trade All the Way (Holiday Song Contest Winner, Adult Category)...2 My Favorite Fairtraded Things...4 All Join in the Fair Trade Chorus...5 Dreaming of a Fair Trade Christmas...7 Fill Our Bags...8 Oh Global Way...9 Helping One Another to Survive...11 The Gift that Gives Twice...13 We Wish You a Fair Trade Christmas...14 Traditional Carols Deck the Halls...15 Jingle Bells...17 O Christmas Tree...19 We Wish You a Merry Christmas...21 More carols are available at along with information on how to submit your own Fair Trade carols Special thanks to: Global Exchange s 2008 Summer Interns, who organized the Fair Trade Holiday Song Contest. The interns, mostly university students, also selected the contest winners and the carols that appear in this songbook. Fair Trade organizations and companies that helped publicize the contest. Everyone who wrote and submitted carols! Global Exchange is a San Francisco-based human rights organization. For more information about our Fair Trade programs for kids and adults, human rights/environment/peace campaigns, Reality Tours, and Fair Trade stores, please visit:

12 Buy Fair Trade Fair Trade lyrics by: Castlehill Primary School, Class 4B, 8-9 years old Cuper, Fife, United Kingdom Tune: Make New Friends (But Keep the Old) Winner: Fair Trade Holiday Song Contest Youth Category c Buy Fairtrade And help the workers, Mango, bananas, choc'late, coffee, tea. To be sung in a Canon (Round) f 1

13 Fair Trade All The Way Fair Trade lyrics by: Louise Nelson Austin, Texas Tune: Jingle Bells Winner: Fair Trade Holiday Song Contest Adult Category o Handmade crafts, hand-dyed scarves, Made with loving care By artisans who benefit From prices that are fair. Chocolate bars, coffee beans, Fair trade all the way. Oh what fun they are to give And get on Christmas Day. When you buy fair trade, You're buying someone's time Ensuring they receive More than just a dime. When you give fair trade, You give more than a gift - You're giving opportunities To those who need a lift! s 2

14 Oh, handmade crafts, hand-dyed scarves, Made with loving care By artisans who benefit From prices that are fair. h Chocolate bars, coffee beans, Fair trade all the way. Oh what fun they are to give And get on Christmas Day! f 3

15 My Favorite Fairtraded Things Fair Trade lyrics by: Jack Lucero Fleck Oakland, California Tune: My Favorite Things s Bright fair trade labels on coffees and rices Footballs and baseballs, and sugars and spices, Shoes and nice dresses, and toys Santa brings-- Some of our favorite fair traded things. Workers with unions and free, fair elections Working with environmental protections Safe working places to stop sufferings-- Fair trade means workers get all of these things. Food crops organic where farmers make money Flowers and mangoes, bananas and honey Mochas and lattes with sweet flavorings-- More of our favorite fair traded things. Those in sweat shops Work without stops Making us feel sad So we just buy all these fair traded things And then we don t feel so bad. s 4

16 All Join in the Fair Trade Chorus Fair Trade lyrics by: Gail Sredanovic, Raging Grannies Action League Menlo Park, California Tune: Deck the Halls r Deck the halls with fair trade flowers Fa la la la la la la la la Purchase fruit from fair trade bowers Fa la la la la la la la la Pro-du-cers will get paid fair measure Fa la la la la la la la la Let s enjoy with guilt-free pleasure Fa la la la la la la la la See how coffee, tea, bananas Fa la la la la la la la la Bought and sold in a fair manner Fa la la la la la la la la Help the third world situation Fa la la la la la la la la Pre-venting first world exploitation Fa la la la la la la la la f 5

17 Fast away the old world passes Fa la la la la la la la la Build a new one, lads and lasses Fa la la la la la la la la g See a better world before us Fa la la la la la la la la All join in the fair trade chorus Fa la la la la la la la la s 6

18 I m Dreaming of a Fair Trade Christmas r Fair Trade lyrics by: Veronica, 16, and Tereza Coraggio Santa Cruz, California Tune: I m Dreaming of a White Christmas I m dreaming of a fair-trade Christmas with no one shopping at the mall, where simple pleasures replace bought treasures and there s joy enough for all. I m dreaming of a fair-trade Christmas with every check that I have paid to folks who care and stay aware of how every product s made. I m dreaming of a fair-trade Christmas with every Oxfam card I send. May your heart stay willing to share and may all your Christmases be fair. f 7

19 Fill Our Bags Fair Trade lyrics by: Esther Franklin, 83 Sacramento, California Tune: Deck the Halls v Fill our bags with Global items Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la 'Tis the season to give wisely Fa, la, la,fair Trade, la, la Don we now our Fair-Made clothing Fa, la, la,fair Trade, la, la See the many gifts before us Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la Crafts and coffee, baskets, more Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la Join in shopping at this store FA. la, la, Fair Trade, la, la Fill the cocoa cups with gladness Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la Help erase poor children's sadness Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la Sing we peace and justice always Fa, la, la, Fair Trade, la, la s 8

20 Oh Global Way Fair Trade lyrics by: Esther Franklin, 83 Sacramento, California Tune: Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree) F Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Your Fair Trade path invites us Not just on holidays But all the year We help these ways Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Your Fair Trade path invites us Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way We want to help world neighbors Let those who pick Our cocoa beans Get cash to buy Their own new jeans Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Your Fair Trade path invites us f 9

21 Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way The choice of gifts is endless Not only yummy chocolates But coffee flavors are supreme Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Your Fair Trade path invites us F Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Helps us give creatively We sing of love for those with needs Now we must follow words with deeds Oh Global Way, Oh Global Way Your Fair Trade path invites us s 10

22 Helping One Another to Survive Fair Trade lyrics by: Rosemarie Johnston Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tune: --Walking in a Winter Wonderland A In the world, there s a market And Fair Trade is what they call it, A beautiful sight They do it all right Helping one another to survive. You can help, buy or fundraise Get all your gifts for the holidays, It won t cost you more To buy from their store Helping one another to survive. If you want to you can build a gift basket, Then relax and sip some Fair Trade Tea Buy some coffee, chocolates, crafts or bracelets, And gift registry makes it so easy. Later on, you can donate Use the gift program if you re corporate And you can delight, cause giving is right, Helping one another to survive. f 11

23 You can decorate your office and your home, Buy some books to teach or keep for you, There are lots of choices, if you can t decide They ll help you to select and ship it too. d When we help, we all prosper, A guarantee for our future Get Fair Trade today, and happy we ll stay Helping one another to survive. s 12

24 The Gift that Gives Twice Fair Trade lyrics by: Sue Gracey, 73, Suzanne Hudson, 67, Jeanne Miller, 70 Brookline, Massachusetts Tune: Santa Claus is Coming to Town d When you re shopping this year For the folks on your list, We ve got a tip That you don t want to miss: Fair Trade for the gift that gives twice! There s coffee and tea And chocolate too, Bangles and beads, To name just a few: Fair Trade for the gift that gives twice! So go to your computer, And search there for Fair Trade, You ll see gifts galore and what is more The story of where they re made. Sooooo, let s make this the year That we really get smart And shop with our brains As well as our hearts. Fair Trade for the gift that gives twice! f 13

25 We Wish You a Fair Trade Christmas u Fair Trade lyrics by: Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Global Exchange San Francisco, California Tune: We Wish You a Merry Christmas We wish you a Fair Trade Christmas We wish you a Fair Trade Christmas We wish you a Fair Trade Christmas And a Fair Trade New Year End poverty for farmers And all of their kin We wish you a Fair Trade Christmas And a Fair Trade New Year s 14

26 Deck the Halls Lyrics by: Unknown, 1881, United States f Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la, la la la, la la la. Troll the ancient Yule tide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la. See the blazing Yule before us, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa la la la la, la la la la. Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la la la, la la la la. While I tell of Yule tide treasure, Fa la la la la, la la la la. f 15

27 Fast away the old year passes, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la, la la la la. j Sing we joyous, all together, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la la la la, la la la la. s 16

28 Jingle Bells Lyrics by: James Pierpoint, 1857, United States v Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, Over the fields we go, laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright, What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight. Chorus Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride And soon Miss Fanny Bright, was seated by my side; The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot; He got into a drifted bank and we got upsot (Chorus) A day or two ago, the story I must tell I went out on the snow, and on my back I fell; A gent was riding by, in a one-horse open sleigh He laughed as there I sprawling lie but quickly drove away f 17

29 (Chorus) Now the ground is white, go it while you're young Take the girls tonight, and sing this sleighing song; Just get a bob-tailed bay, two-forty as his speed Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you'll take the lead (Chorus) s 18

30 O Christmas Tree Lyrics by: Unknown (English version), 19th century, Germany b O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy leaves are so unchanging; O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy leaves are so unchanging; Not only green when summer's here, But also when 'tis cold and drear. O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy leaves are so unchanging! O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me; O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me; How often has the Christmas tree Afforded me the greatest glee! O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me. O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy candles shine so brightly! O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy candles shine so brightly! From base to summit, gay and bright, There's only splendor for the sight. f 19

31 O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy candles shine so brightly! g O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! How richly God has decked thee! O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! How richly God has decked thee! Thou bidst us true and faithful be, And trust in God unchangingly. O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! How richly God has decked thee! s 20

32 We Wish You a Merry Christmas Lyrics by: Unknown, 16th century, England v We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year! Refrain Good tidings we bring for you and your kin; We wish you a merry Christmas And a Happy New Year! 2. Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding, Now bring us some figgy pudding, And a cup of good cheer! Refrain 3. We won't go until we get some We won't go until we get some We won't go until we get some So bring it out here! Refrain f 21

33 We all like our figgy pudding; We all like our figgy pudding; We all like our figgy pudding; With all its good cheer. Refrain c 5. We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year! And a Happy New Year! Refrain s 22