[78-L] Yet another piece on Christmas Music and the Jews

[Cary Ginell]

"Jingle Bells" was actually written for Thanksgiving and was so successful, it was "held over" - 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:58:04 -0500
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yet another piece on Christmas Music and the Jews
> 
> On 12/24/2010 3:06 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > Kind of an odd article.  I would take issue with the writer's description of
> > Sleigh Ride,  Let it Snow, Frosty the Snowman,  and Winter Wonderland as
> > "Christmas songs" unless he imagines that any song which mentions frozen
> > precipitation must be connected to Christmas.
> >
> > Taylor
> 
> We fought this out here (or was it ARSCList?) last year, and I 
> thoroughly agree with you.  Jingle Bells is another example mistaken as 
> a Christmas song.  ome people commented that Sleigh Ride's lyrics 
> (written several years after the piece was popularized as an 
> instrumental) mentions a Christmas party.  No, the original lyrics 
> specifically said Birthday party.  Someone changed the lyrics 15 or so 
> years later, and some others have followed suit.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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