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Jews have contributed significantly to what is recognizable today as Christmas time. Many catchy classic Christmas songs were written by Jewish songwriters.
by 29athrowaway 2y ago
Jews have contributed significantly to what is recognizable today as Christmas time.
Many catchy classic Christmas songs were written by Jewish songwriters.
- madnthrow 2y agoThat's nice!
- petre 2y agoBob Dylan has Jewish heritage as well, although I don't recall him writing any Christmas songs.
- defrost 2y agoI don't think he wrote any .. but he did release an entire album of classic christmas songs .. Christmas in the Heart (2009) - 34th Studio album by Bob Dylan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Heart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Heart
- asveikau 2y agoDidn't he go through a phase in the 80s in which he was super into Christianity?
- petre 2y agoYup, he embraced Christianity, that's why I wrote "heritage".
- midnightchair 2y agoRudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was written by a great Jewish man, how cool is that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._May https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._May Rudolph has an odd nose, and he gets chosen to lead all the other Reindeer! Kids love this song. You teach it to them when they are young and they'll never forget it!
- tux 2y agoI’m sure this is just a coincidence than but Rudolph sounds a like Adolf, or in today’s concept Russian Adolf. And word red doesn’t help, as red was favorite SSSR color. 0_o
- hnuser123456 2y agoThey're just Germanic names
- ix101 2y agoThat second sentence was absolutely not what the first sentence led me to believe what was coming!
- heresie-dabord 2y agoJust say the name of the great jazz artist Mel Tormé... "I saw a spiral pad... Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song
- shdickxnsks 2y ago[dead]
- ilbeeper 2y agoWe also contributed the protagonist.
- 29athrowaway 2y agoWe all know that the protagonist of Christmas in 2024 are Santa Claus and the gifts. It has been massively secularized.
- judah 2y agoJews wrote all the classic Christmas hits including: - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire - The New Testament
- e40 2y agoYou need to hit an open mic night. You are hilarious.