Comments on: 5 Famous Christmas Songs Written by Jewish Songwriters

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:10:13 +0000

@ Dana What other holidays celebrated in the western hemisphere have a chance of snow?!? Hannukah, Yule, and Kwanzaa all have a chance of snow. Let it Snow is NOT a Christmas song.

By: Tim N

Tim N — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:57:45 +0000

Dana posted: “little known facts …

… and “my favorite things” as well as other songs from “The Sound of Music” are considered christmassy, because the movie was released at christams time.

“goyum!!!!”(*rolling of eyes*)”

Except, Sound of Music was released in March 1965. So sorry.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/releaseinfo

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:07:15 +0000

Sorry but Tom Lehrer is Jewish. Check Wikipedia! How could someone who wrote such clever songs and be a mathematician NOT be?

BTW, he said back in 1973 that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Kissinger made political satire obsolete.
And now Nixon’s tapes prove that all over again.

By: Nancy Illman

Nancy Illman — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:59:44 +0000

“surprising, considering the etymology”
Well, no, it really should not be surprising, because Adam was not Jewish.
The first Jew was Abraham the idol maker. But while the characters who people the first part of the Old Testament may be considered the common ancestors of Muslims, Christians and Jews, none of them before Abraham can be considered Jewish. That includes Noah, by the way.

By: fahrene

fahrene — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:16:19 +0000

jewish dont celebrate christmas,instead they celebrate “hannuka”.
why do they write christmas songs?

By: loedni

loedni — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:05:16 +0000

Adolphe Adam, the man who wrote the music to “O Holy Night,” was Jewish.
posted by Janel on 12-17-2007 at 8:37 pm

Wrong. He was Roman Catholic (religious funeral in the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church in Paris). In Alsace, “Adam” is a rather common surname. You can find both Lutheran and Catholic families bearing this surname, but not one Jewish family. Surprising, considering the etymology, but true. After all, Danes named “Jacobsen” or Swedes named “Thomasson” are almost never Jewish, are they ?

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:49:26 +0000

These are interesting facts. Doesn’t change the impact of the songs any of course. Kids really like the songs even if they weren’t originally meant for Christmas like “Let It Snow” This post reminds me of when KISS was in the Christmas episode of Family Guy.

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:55:00 +0000

And then I wrote…

“Let’s Put the Mas Back in Christmas”

which became an instant hit in Mexico.

By: elle

elle — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:51:00 +0000

None of these Christmas songs mention Christ or his birth which is what Christmas is about. These songs may be beautiful but they fail to capture the real meaning of the holiday. They should be callled seasonal songs because there is nothing “holy” about these songs. Unfortunately some people do not know the difference because they have been miseducated. , Christmas is not about snow, reindeers, silver bells, and the like. In addition, just because you are born into or practice a particular religion does not make you a believer. I do not understand the significance report nor the coorelation.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Anyone want to explain to me how “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas” is NOT about Christmas???

And for those of you worried about whether or not Christ should be part of Christmas… the holiday we celebrate now originated in Babylon thousands of years before Jesus of Nazareth was born. You decide what (or who) you’re celebrating…