Scrounging up gift money when you might be out of work.
And then, of course, thereâs still that pesky COVID-19 pandemic.
We donât really need reminders as to why weâre under stress. And while minutiae of the holiday season is traditionally taxing given all we feel we need to squeeze in, 2020 has proven to be particularly challenging.
Fortunately there is music. Though it might not be a cure-all to solve all woes, the uplifting tunes and the comforting tones that help define the holidays provide at least a temporary respite from the troubles of the day.
In the spirit of the season, Iâm offering this list of personal holiday favorites. This is not intended as a definitive âbest ofâ list, the songs are not listed in any particular order of importance and the overwhelming majority are tied to Christmas (itâs hard to fight the onslaught from radio and the recording industry). Itâs just a list of songs I like, and I hope you do, as well.
Christmas music by Jews
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer
taffet@dallasvoice.com
So much Christmas music has been written by Jews that each year on the Jewish Music Hour on KNON, I host “The Totally Inappropriate Jewish Music Hour Christmas Music by Jews.” But who are some of these songwriters?
Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” is the most-recorded Christmas song ever. Berlin was born in Siberia in 1888 and emigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island when he was five. Although he had few memories of Russia, he always had a love and appreciation for his adopted land, which led him to write “God Bless America.” But not only did the Jewish Berlin write the most-recorded Christmas song, he also wrote “Easter Parade,” the most-recorded Easter song.
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The circus has returned to Boswell â the miniature circus of the late Sherman âBudâ Gindlesperger Jr.
Bud, who died in 1984 at the age of 57, spent a lifetime being in love with the excitement of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. So much so that he created a replica format in 1/8 scale on an 8-foot by 16-foot wooden display of the 1940s and 50s aura of circusland.
Now, that very circus that was stored by his younger sister, Deanna Tipton of Ohio, for years in her garage after his death has recently been donated to the Boswell Area Historical Society and it is set up at St. Andrewâs Lutheran Church along Main Street. Tipton, 84, thought it was time to bring it home.