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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Senoufou	Jingle Bells Originally Performed in Minstrel Show (78* d)	RE: Jinge Bells is Racist	17 Dec 17
How very strange! This is all news to me. I've always imagined (erroneously) that the song depicted a Scandinavian scene of some sort. I can't find anything in the words that could be construed as racist, and the fact it was originally sung in 'Blackface' says more about the singers than the song itself. My pupils used to adore this Christmas song, with the addition of hand-bells to shake vigorously. I always played the piano for them with tremendous gusto, thumping away until we were all grinning and happy. Such a shame if the Politically Correct Brigade were to ban it.

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