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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/40736/full/40736/jewish-singers-work-it-for-christmas/ <br /><br /> <b>Jewish singers work it for Christmas</b> <br /> Monday, December 7, 2009 | by emily savage <br /><br /><p><img alt="51nchk33mbl._ss500__360" height="360" src="/images/uploads/blog_art/1109/51nchk33mbl._ss500__360.jpg" title="51nchk33mbl._ss500__360" width="360" /></p> <p>When you are a Jewish artist in the mainstream music world, sometimes you must bow to popular interest and record a few songs for those holidays your family back in the shtetl likely never celebrated. As a Jewish-Catholic audiophile with a rosemary Christmas tree and Bat Mitzvah-earned menorah, I give you (a very incomplete) list of Jews working it for the (Christmas) holiday: <br /><br />*Neil Diamond: <em>A Cherry Cherry Christmas</em>, <em>The Christmas Album</em>, <em>The Christmas Album, Vol. 2.</em> – Oh Jewish Elvis, how could you?<br />*Barbara Streisand: <em>A Christmas Album</em>, <em>Christmas Memories </em><br />*Bob Dylan:<em> Christmas in the Heart</em><br />*Barry Manilow: <em>In The Swing of Chrismas </em>– meh, this one isn’t too much of a surprise<br />*Eddie Fisher- <em>Christmas With Eddie Fisher</em><br />*Phil Spector: <em>A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector </em>– Yes, we can agree now that Spector is a terrifying and hair-raising villain. But there once was a time when his wall of sound electrified and emboldened rock and roll music fans across the land. Bummer. The Ronnettes singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” is genius. <br />* The Ramones – <em>“Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)”</em> off the <em>Edge of Christmas </em>compilation. <br />*Amy Winehouse - …album still in the works? Or kaput? Last year Rolling Stone reported that Winehouse was considering a Christmas/Chanukah split record for the holidays (with gems like “Kosher Kisses”) but perhaps it was scrapped? <br />* Irving Berlin – He wrote that iconic holiday ditty  “White Christmas,” so I feel like he probably deserves a shout-out in the entry. <br /><br />And yes, dear readers — there are many, many more where those came from. Next up, major (gentile) recording artists who’ve created Chanukah albums. Wait, are there any?</p> <p><img alt="jewishchristmastoo_360" height="358" src="/images/uploads/blog_art/1109/jewishchristmastoo_360.jpg" title="jewishchristmastoo_360" width="360" /></p>

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