It just show how different and diverse some of our families and experiences are. For example, my family who were slaves in Alabama in the 1840s would have celebrated Christmas differently from my family who were Free Blacks in Louisiana during the same era. Therefore, when my grandparents and parents joined with each other they brought their varying traditions, cultural, religious and spiritual.
So, many of the older generations were deeply into Mahalia Jackson and other more traditional gospel singers. And yes, in regards to the brother's question/statement concerning the song 'White Christmas"...#7.
http://www.theblackgospelblog.com/2006/12/twelve-classic-gospel-songs-of.html?m=1
Thank you for this information brother!! I sometimes forget that my experience isn't the same as everybodys. I suppose that if I had grown up in the church, I may not find Black people singing european songs about a european holiday puzzling. I was raised all over So. Cal so, the concept of a "white x-mas" is also strange but those things in themselves aren't the worse things that people could do.
If I may ask, at what age did you stop celebrating the day as your parents, grandparents, etc did and, why??