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WINSTON-SALEM – The cold weather didn't stop a group of Christmas carolers from spreading holiday cheer. Tuesday night the choir from Prodigals, a Winston-Salem substance abuse recovery program, stopped by several homes to sing.

"They often refer to Prodigals as we're the last house on the block, so to speak, and many of our residents have been homeless, some for many years," Prodigals Community Executive Director, Sally Dudley Harper said.

Tuesday the group from the Winston-Salem based recovery center went caroling. After singing at the home of a Prodigals supporter, they were welcomed inside for doughnuts and hot chocolate.

"It used to my own family wouldn't let me into their home, you know and hear it is people that know our stories and know what we've been through and know our struggles, you know they see what we're trying to do for ourselves and others and it's all kind of gone with the wind. You know, a fresh start. And what more could you ask for?" Prodigals resident Jonathan Thomas said.

With the temperature around 25 degrees Tuesday night it was certainly a cold night for caroling. But the residents say they didn't mind.

"It is cold but let me tell you what with all of us huddled up together. You know we have a warm bed to sleep in tonight and right now what's keeping me warm is just what we're doing. I'm not really paying attention to the cold when I'm out there singing. So it's really fun," Thomas said.

And by singing and having fun... these people are getting closer to recovery.

"Getting clean and sober is so much about having gratitude and this really gives them the chance to have the light, fun, wonderful part of the holiday," Dudley Harper said.

Another resident named Jessie designed a holiday greeting card that they had out when they go caroling.