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Why are so many Christmas songs written by Jewish people?
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Many of the world's most famous Christmas songs were written or co-written by Jewish composers, including White Christmas (Irving Berlin), Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Rodgers & Hammerstein), Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Johnny Marks), and Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (M. Weist, J. Farlow, P. Redding). This is because during the late 19th and 20th centuries, many Jews were active participants in the musical theatre scene in New York, Chicago and other cities, and they often collaborated with other Jewish composers to create classic holiday tunes.