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The forgotten Civil War links of two of our favorite Christmas songs Author: Christian McWhirter Published December 24, 2020
A spruce tree decorated by Banker Law Group attracts skiers during the Solstice Tree Tour on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 at Kincaid Park. The annual event, organized by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage, is ski-it-yourself this year and continues with lighted trees along the Mize Loop on Sunday. The decorations will remain up through the end of the year. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Print article Even a socially-distanced holiday cannot silence the omnipresent Christmas songs that form the season’s soundtrack. As part of our collective subconscious, these tunes may even serve to distract us from this year’s tragic hardships. But two of our most playful holiday songs “Jingle Bells” and “Up on the Housetop” are products of an even more profound national crisis, the Civil War.
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Christian McWhirter: The forgotten Civil War links of two of our favorite Christmas songs
Summary: How ironic then, that we mostly remember them (if we remember them at all) as the authors of two holiday larks? Repetition and celebration have rubbed their songs clean of any political context, showing how often an individual piece of culture can live a life far removed from its author s intent or context. Whether revealing that missing context changes how we hear such songs is ultimately up to each listener.
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A three-generation family are doing door-to-door carol singing. There is a senior woman at the door, appreciating their singing.
The forgotten Civil War links of two of our favourite Christmas songs
By The Washington Post
Christian McWhirter
Washington - Even a socially-distanced holiday cannot silence the omnipresent Christmas songs that form the season s soundtrack. As part of our collective subconscious, these tunes may even serve to distract us from this year s tragic hardships. But, two of our most playful holiday songs - Jingle Bells and Up on the Housetop - are products of an even more profound US crisis, the Civil War.
While the songs themselves carry little of that era s fraught politics, their authors were deeply embedded in the causes of both sides and used their songwriting talents to try to shape the conflict raging around them. In that way, they show the potential power of songs not just to spark our emotions, but also to shape our ideas.