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Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Holly Jolly Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Let It Snow, Jingle Bell Rock, Winter Wonderland and Silver Bells were all written by Jews. We’re not even supposed to celebrate Christmas.
It's not just the song writers, but the singers, too. Growing up, I always thought it was weird to hear Neal Diamond and Barbra Streisand sing not just secular Christmas songs, but also Christmas songs about Jesus. I guess that's show biz...
I once read in an interview, I believe it was with Mel Torme, who co-wrote The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...") that Jews wanted to participate in the Christmas holiday without the religion. So they wrote secular Christmas songs celebrating the holiday.
I once read in an interview, I believe it was with Mel Torme, who co-wrote The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...") that Jews wanted to participate in the Christmas holiday without the religion. So they wrote secular Christmas songs celebrating the holiday.
That makes sense. Those were different times back then, and there were few ways to gain acceptance and thereby have the same opportunities as everyone else in America.
I'm glad that nowadays we have Jews writing songs about Jewish holidays that gentiles can also enjoy. Expressing our Jewishness in loving, positive (and sometimes humorous) ways is the best way to fight antisemitism, IMO.
I once read in an interview, I believe it was with Mel Torme, who co-wrote The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...") that Jews wanted to participate in the Christmas holiday without the religion. So they wrote secular Christmas songs celebrating the holiday.
That makes sense. Those were different times back then, and there were few ways to gain acceptance and thereby have the same opportunities as everyone else in America.
I'm glad that nowadays we have Jews writing songs about Jewish holidays that gentiles can also enjoy. Expressing our Jewishness in loving, positive (and sometimes humorous) ways is the best way to fight antisemitism, IMO.
I still remember the first time we heard Adam Sandler's Hanukkah song. It really was monumental and did explain how the Jewish kids, even like myself who grew up in a very Jewish area, felt regarding Christmas. Particularly all the TV shows. Adam Sandler can do no wrong.
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