just read an interestin review on slate brow beats blog page and it defines why dylan christmas album is very much in the jewish/christmas tradition and relates it to the likes of irving berlin
and streisand who have both entered this marketplace over the years the album i regard as dylan paying homage to all those songs he himself listened to and absorbed over the course of his childhood i think dylan is the last of this great voice of america and we should embrace his historical knowledge of a bygone age
lest we forget
crosby
sinatra
monroe
garland
davis
martin
guthrie
leadbelly
and all those too who have gone before feel free to add to the list
hendrix
morrison
joplin
lennon