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Rudolph … advertising executive for Montgomery Ward in 1939. The story was printed and 2.4. million copies were handed out to their customers to increase Christmas sales. “Rollo,” then “Reginald.” The author’s young daughter suggested “Rudolph” and it stuck. 1949: Gene Autry. 2nd only to White Christmas in popularity. Jingle Bells. . . written for Thanksgiving. .

Go Tell It To the Mountain . Made famous in the 1800’s by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University,

We Three Kings… 1857.. John Henry Hopkins John Henry Hopkins, Jr., organized an elaborate holiday pageant for the students of the General Theological Seminary in New York City . Hopkins, the seminary's music director, wrote and staged the pageant, which included his upbeat composition "We Three Kings of Orient Are." It’s strange how a song can change our theology.. in the Bible: no mention of there being 3 Kings, and the Bible clearly states that they visited Christ as a young child, not at the manger..

White Christmas" Berlin wrote the song in early 1940 while sitting poolside at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Guinness Book of World Records: Best-selling song in history…100-million copies. Maple Leaf

Silent Night. . Franz Gruber. Organ broken: guitar.

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