Recently on my Facebook page, I asked folks to comment with their favorite winter folk dances. What I discovered was that most of us don't have "official" folk dances that we associate with winter, but rather do lots of freeze dances to holiday music and movement activities to Nutcracker music.
One reader mentioned that she used a Jingle Bells dance. I also use a Jingle Bells dance with my K-2 students. Another reader asked for directions, so I thought I would share my version of a Jingle Bells dance here on my blog.
The version that I use is a combination of about 3 different versions that were posted on the Music K-8 email list somewhere around 2002 or 2003. While the dance uses basic folk dance formations and steps, I adapted these to meet the ability level of my youngest students and to work in the time available. You should also feel free to adapt to meet the needs of your "folks."