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  2. White Christmas (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs [13] —in this case, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. [14] Ronald D. Lankford Jr., wrote, "During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear."

  3. The story behind the song 'White Christmas' is even sadder ...

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    Berlin's three-week-old son had died on Christmas day in 1928, so every year on December 25, he and his wife visited their baby's grave, Jody Rosin, author of White Christmas: The Story of an ...

  4. Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas - Wikipedia

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    Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2017. [1] The film profiles a number of musicians, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who made a mark on contemporary culture by writing many of the most beloved Christmas music standards even though they were Jewish ...

  5. The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs - AOL

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    It was written by Joseph Mohr, a priest at the Catholic St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf and first performed in 1818. ... "The Christmas Song" ... is the one that came to be sung around the world ...

  6. Christmas music - Wikipedia

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    The U.S Army Band performs a Christmas concert in 2010.. Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus ...

  7. This Christmas Song Was Actually Written for Thanksgiving - AOL

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    There are people who love to blast festive tunes while the rest of the world is prepping for Halloween, and people who have no interest in hearing so much as a single jingle bell until ...

  8. Sephardic music - Wikipedia

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    Sephardic Jews have a diverse repertoire the origins of which center primarily around the Mediterranean basin. In the secular tradition, material is usually sung in dialects of Judeo-Spanish , though other languages including Hebrew , Turkish , Greek , and other local languages of the Sephardic diaspora are widely used.

  9. Johnny Marks - Wikipedia

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    John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold ...