{"id":929,"date":"2009-12-22T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=929"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T22:03:36","slug":"cherished-christmas-song-written-by-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2009\/12\/22\/cherished-christmas-song-written-by-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherished Christmas Songs Written by Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Some of our most beloved Christmas songs are written by our Jewish brothers, to the chagrin of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/oped\/bal-op.keillor16dec16,0,225627.story\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Garrison Keillor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)<\/li>\n<li>Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas? (Feed the World)<\/li>\n<li>Holly Jolly Christmas<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ll Be Home for Christmas<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!<\/li>\n<li>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/li>\n<li>Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer<\/li>\n<li>Santa Baby<\/li>\n<li>Santa Claus is Coming to Town<\/li>\n<li>Silver Bells<\/li>\n<li>Sleigh Ride<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s No Place Like Home for the Holidays<\/li>\n<li>White Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/noel-sheppard\/2009\/12\/20\/garrison-keillor-lousy-holiday-songs-jews-trash-malls\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NewsBusters.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our most beloved Christmas songs are written by our Jewish brothers, to the chagrin of Garrison Keillor. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas? 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