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December 22, 2012 8:01 PM
Seasonal Saturday sign-off, with The Crystals
I’ll finish up the night with another favorite Christmas recording of mine, the Crystals’ “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.” It’s from one of the all-time greatest Christmas albums, the one by Phil Spector. Why is it that Jews seem to make a lot of the best Christmas music? Jewish songwriters, after all, wrote “White Christmas,” “The Christmas Song,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and a host of other famous Christmas songs. Discuss this intriguing phenomenon in the comments! Or not.
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DRN0001 on December 22, 2012 11:23 PM:
Mr. Google suggests that this article may be the most comprehensive on the subject:
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/The_Jews_Who_Wrote_Christmas_Songs_2012.shtml
DRN0001 on December 22, 2012 11:26 PM:
Here's a pretty good review:
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/The_Jews_Who_Wrote_Christmas_Songs_2012.shtml
Neildsmith on December 23, 2012 5:26 AM:
See... there really was a war on Christmas.
Anonymous on December 23, 2012 9:40 AM:
regardless of ethnicity, these great songs are almost all secular, which is what you would expect to have the broadest appeal.