Mid-19-century songs like Jingle Bells pervade shopping ... our relations make us who we are. Christmas traditions are not representative of an objective criteria or rubric applied uniformly ...

Frosty the Snowman. Here Comes Santa Claus. Jingle Bell Rock. O Christmas Tree. All these fit all my criteria, and would be perfectly reasonable additions to your secular Christmas songbook.

Our plan was to learn ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Jingle Bells’, and sing them on Christmas Day in the exercise ... get the call if I satisfied three criteria. 1. Do not say anything about the ...