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* PenName: Dylan is credited as producer under the name "Jack Frost".

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* PenName: Dylan is credited as producer under the name PunnyName "Jack Frost".
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His Christian conversion in 1979 was pretty formal. He was baptized and attended a specific denomination (the Vineyard Fellowship). Meanwhile, his Judaism growing up was serious enough for him to have a bar mitzvah when he was 13, studying with a visiting rabbi.


''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before--especially given that Dylan had reportedly converted back to Judaism from his 1970s born-again Christianity (if he had ever actually been a Christian, or really anything). The profits of the album went to the charities [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_America Feeding America]] in the USA, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_(charity) Crisis]] in the United Kingdom, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme World Food Programme]].

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''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before--especially given that Dylan had reportedly converted back to Judaism from his 1970s born-again Christianity (if he had ever actually been a Christian, or really anything).Christianity. The profits of the album went to the charities [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_America Feeding America]] in the USA, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_(charity) Crisis]] in the United Kingdom, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme World Food Programme]].
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* GratuitousLatin: He opens "O Come All Ye Faithful" with the original "Adeste Fideles" verse. His pronunciation isn't bad, but it's still Bob Dylan singing Latin.

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* GratuitousLatin: He opens "O Come All Ye Faithful" with the original "Adeste Fideles" verse. His pronunciation isn't bad, but it's still Bob Dylan singing Latin.[[note]]He ''was'' a member of his high school's Latin Club growing up, for what it's worth.[[/note]]
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* InTheStyleOf: "Must Be Santa" is played in a klezmer version, true to Dylan's Jewish roots.

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* InTheStyleOf: "Must Be Santa" is played has some echoes of ''klezmer'' in a klezmer this version, true to Dylan's Jewish roots.
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* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, a first for Bob Dylan.

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* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, a and it's the first for Bob Dylan. time he did a CoverAlbum in which the majority of the songs are 20th Century pop numbers (a trend that continued on ''Shadows in the Night'', ''Fallen Angels'' and ''Triplicate'').
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''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before--especially given that Dylan had reportedly converted back to Judaism from his 1970s born-again Christianity (if he had ever actually been a Christian, or really anything). The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before--especially given that Dylan had reportedly converted back to Judaism from his 1970s born-again Christianity (if he had ever actually been a Christian, or really anything). The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_America Feeding America]] in the USA, "Crisis" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_(charity) Crisis]] in the United Kingdom Kingdom, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme World Food Programme.Programme]].
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Altum Videtur was renamed to Gratuitous Latin.


* AltumVidetur: He opens "O Come All Ye Faithful" with the original "Adeste Fideles" verse. His pronunciation isn't bad, but it's still Bob Dylan singing Latin.



* GratuitousLatin: Dylan recites "Adeste Fideles" in "O Come All Ye Faithful".

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* GratuitousLatin: Dylan recites He opens "O Come All Ye Faithful" with the original "Adeste Fideles" in "O Come All Ye Faithful". verse. His pronunciation isn't bad, but it's still Bob Dylan singing Latin.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Christmas In The Heart''.]]

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More accurate.


* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "'''W'''inter '''W'''onderland", "'''H'''ark the '''H'''erald Angels Sing".

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"'''W'''inter '''W'''onderland", '''W'''onderland"
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"'''H'''ark the '''H'''erald Angels Sing".Sing"
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''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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''Christmas in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before.before--especially given that Dylan had reportedly converted back to Judaism from his 1970s born-again Christianity (if he had ever actually been a Christian, or really anything). The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.



* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Especially true with Dylan himself, who is Jewish, but still felt that Christmas is celebrated by everyone worldwide, thus everyone can allude its own meanings to it.

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* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Especially true with Dylan himself, who is Jewish, Jewish (well, AmbiguouslyJewish; he had a born-again Christian phase in the 70s, but everybody ''thought'' he had gone back to Judaism until he released this album, but now everyone's confused), but still felt that Christmas is celebrated by everyone worldwide, thus everyone can allude its own meanings to it. it.
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''Christmas In The Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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''Christmas In The in the Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.



# "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
# "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

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# "Hark The the Herald Angels Sing"
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# "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

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# "Have Yourself A a Merry Little Christmas"



# "O Little Town Of Bethlehem".

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# "O Little Town Of Bethlehem".
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* LocationSong: "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", where Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, was born.

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* LocationSong: "O Little Town Of of Bethlehem", where Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, was born.
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'''''Christmas In The Heart''''' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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'''''Christmas ''Christmas In The Heart''''' Heart'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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* InTheStyleOf: "Must Be Santa" is played in a klezmer version, true to Dylan's Jewish roots.

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* InTheStyleOf: "Must Be Santa" is played in a klezmer version, true to Dylan's Jewish roots. roots.
* LocationSong: "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", where Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, was born.
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'''Christmas In The Heart''' is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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\n'''Christmas [[caption-width-right:350:''Christmas In The Heart''' Heart''.]]

'''''Christmas In The Heart'''''
is the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.



* AsTheGoodBookSays: Some songs refer to Jesus Christ's supposed birth on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, which in fact is not historically proven to have happened on that specific day. People already held end-of-the-year festivities centuries before Christ's birth and the Church simply adapted Jesus' birth to that date because these pagan festivities were too popular to simply ignore or surpress.

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Some songs refer to Jesus Christ's supposed birth on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, which in fact is not historically proven to have happened on that specific day. People already held end-of-the-year festivities centuries before Christ's birth and the Church simply adapted Jesus' birth to that date because these pagan festivities were too popular to simply ignore or surpress.suppress.



* QuestioningTitle: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

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* QuestioningTitle: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"Hear?".
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* AltumVidetur: He opens "O Come All Ye Faithful" with the original "Adeste Fideles" verse. His pronunciation isn't bad, but it's still Bob Dylan singing Latin.


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* GratuitousLatin: Dylan recites "Adeste Fideles" in "O Come All Ye Faithful".

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* AwayInAManger: "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "The First Noel".

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* AwayInAManger: "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "The First Noel".Noel" are about Jesus Christ's birth in Bethlehem.



* NewSoundAlbum: A CoverAlbum built [[ConceptAlbum around one concept]]: ''Christmas''. For Dylan in these three ways a break in style.

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* NewSoundAlbum: For Dylan this was a triple change in style: 1) A CoverAlbum 2) built [[ConceptAlbum around one concept]]: ''Christmas''. For Dylan in these three ways a break in style.3) Christmas.



* QuestioningTitle: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"



* TheThreeWiseMen: "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "The First Noel".

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* TheThreeWiseMen: They appear as characters in "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", Bethlehem" and "The First Noel".
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# "O' Come All Ye Faithful" ("Adeste Fideles")

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# "O' Come All Ye Faithful" ("Adeste Fideles")Faithful (Adeste Fideles)"
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* AndStarring: David Hidalgo from ''Music/LosLobos'' on guitar, accordion, violin and mandoline.

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* AndStarring: David Hidalgo from ''Music/LosLobos'' on guitar, accordion, violin and mandoline.mandolin.

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'''Christmas In The Heart''' is a 2009 Christmas album released by Music/BobDylan. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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'''Christmas In The Heart''' is a 2009 Christmas the thirty-fourth studio album by Music/BobDylan, released by Music/BobDylan.in 2009. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

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# "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"

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# "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

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# "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
Of Bethlehem".

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* NewSoundAlbum: A CoverAlbum built [[ConceptAlbum around one concept]]: Christmas was in all three ways a total break in style for Dylan.

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* NewSoundAlbum: A CoverAlbum built [[ConceptAlbum around one concept]]: Christmas was ''Christmas''. For Dylan in all these three ways a total break in style for Dylan.style.

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'''Christmas In The Heart''' is a 2009 Christmas album released by Music/BobDylan. At the time it surprised many fans and critics, because it was a straight CoverAlbum of old Christmas carols and songs, coming from an iconic [[ProtestSong protest singer]] like Dylan who'd never done anything like this before. The profits of the album went to the charities "Feeding America" in the USA, "Crisis" in the United Kingdom and the World Food Programme.

'''Tracklist'''
# "Here Comes Santa Claus"
# "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
# "Winter Wonderland"
# "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
# "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
# "Little Drummer Boy"
# "The Christmas Blues"
# "O' Come All Ye Faithful" ("Adeste Fideles")
# "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
# "Must Be Santa"
# "Silver Bells"
# "The First Noel"
# "Christmas Island"
# "The Christmas Song"
# "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "'''W'''inter '''W'''onderland", "'''H'''ark the '''H'''erald Angels Sing".
* AndStarring: David Hidalgo from ''Music/LosLobos'' on guitar, accordion, violin and mandoline.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Some songs refer to Jesus Christ's supposed birth on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, which in fact is not historically proven to have happened on that specific day. People already held end-of-the-year festivities centuries before Christ's birth and the Church simply adapted Jesus' birth to that date because these pagan festivities were too popular to simply ignore or surpress.
* AwayInAManger: "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "The First Noel".
* CharityMotivationSong: All the profits for this album go to charity.
* ChristmasSongs: Naturally.
* ConceptAlbum: In the sense that all tracks are about Christmas.
* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers, a first for Bob Dylan.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover is an old fashioned picture of people travelling by sled. If you didn't know any better you'd never think it was recorded by Bob Dylan.
* DidIMentionItsChristmas: All songs allude to it.
* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Especially true with Dylan himself, who is Jewish, but still felt that Christmas is celebrated by everyone worldwide, thus everyone can allude its own meanings to it.
* InTheStyleOf: "Must Be Santa" is played in a klezmer version, true to Dylan's Jewish roots.
* NewSoundAlbum: A CoverAlbum built [[ConceptAlbum around one concept]]: Christmas was in all three ways a total break in style for Dylan.
* OneManSong: "Little Drummer Boy".
* PenName: Dylan is credited as producer under the name "Jack Frost".
* RecordProducer: Bob Dylan.
* SantaClaus: "Here Comes Santa", "Must Be Santa".
* SomethingBlues: "The Christmas Blues".
* TheSomethingSong: "The Christmas Song".
* TheThreeWiseMen: "Adeste Fideles", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "The First Noel".
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