Compiled by Azizi Powell, Pancocojams Editor
This pancocojams post provides links to posts that were
published on this blog from 2012-2025 about the holidays of Christmas, Kwanzaa,
and Junkanoo. One of the posts about Christmas also includes information about
the antebellum African American custom of "kunering".
Publishing these links in one post makes it easier for me-
and hopefully you - to enjoy these posts again. Publishing these links also
provide opportunities for you to check out some posts that you might have
missed.
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This is an update of a pancocojams post that was published in 2020. That post doesn't have any comments as of December 12, 2025
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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT CHRISTMAS
African American Christmas Songs About Naming Jesus (videos
& lyrics)
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/12/black-christmas-songs-about-naming.html
Dec. 20, 2012
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Ma Ma, Bake That Johnny Cake, Christmas Comin’ (examples
& lyrics)
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/mama-bake-that-johnny-cake-christmas.html
Dec. 20, 2013
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How Black Americans Celebrated Christmas In The Antebellum
South
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/12/how-black-americans-celebrated.html
December 21, 2016
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This post also includes information about the antebellum
custom of "kunering" which is related to Caribbean Jonkanoo customs.
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Singing Extra Lyrics For "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/documenting-when-people-sung-extra.html
Dec. 20, 2017
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Examples Of The "Batman's In The Kitchen" Verse In
"Jingle Bells Batman Smells" Rhymes
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/examples-of-questions-about-batmans-in.html
Dec. 1, 2018
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Non-Racist Examples Of The Children's Parody Song
"Jingle Bells Shotgun Shells"
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/non-racist-examples-of-childrens-parody.html
Dec. 5, 2018
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Racist Examples Of The Children's Parody Song "Jingle
Bells Shotgun Shells"
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/racist-examples-of-childrens-parody.html
Dec. 5, 2018
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Mavis Staples - Christmas Vacation (from the movie
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation")
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/mavis-staples-christmas-vacation-from.html
December 8, 2018
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Christmas Traditions In Ethiopia & Four Videos Of
Christmas In Ethiopia
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-traditions-in-ethiopia-four.html
Dec. 18. 2018
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Two Article Reprints About Some Ways That Enslaved Black
People Experienced The Christmas Holidays In The United States South
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/two-article-excerpts-how-enslaved-black.html
December 11, 2019
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Starrkeisha's Christmas Carols" Videos 2016, 2017,
& 2018 (with information about Cameron J. Henderson's Starrkeisha
character)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/starrkeishas-christmas-carols-videos.html
December 14, 2019
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Starrkeisha's Christmas Carols, 2019 (Video & Selected
Comments)
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/starrkeishas-christmas-carols-2019.html
December 19, 2019
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Sizalelwe Indodana - A South African Christmas Song (with
lyrics and links to additional examples)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/sizalelwe-indodana-south-african.html
Dec. 9, 2020
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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (Official Audio) And Chris
Brown - This Christmas (video) with information & lyrics
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/donny-hathaway-this-christmas-official.html
Dec. 9, 2020
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"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"/"Sweet
Chiming Christmas Bells" (YouTube Examples, Information, Lyrics, &
Comments)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/examples-of-lyrics-for-christmas-carol.html
December 19, 2020
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Daystar's The Healing Streams of God Choir - "E Lu
Agogo" (Nigerian Choir Singing "Ring Bells" & Two Other
Christmas Songs)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/daystars-healing-streams-of-god-choir-e_51.html
Dec. 19, 2020
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Leslie Odom Jr. featuring Mzansi Youth Choir -" Little
Drummer Boy" (video, information, & comments)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/leslie-odom-jr-featuring-mzansi-youth.html
Dec. 20, 2020
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Ntokozo Mbambo - Yi Naye (A Ghanaian Worship Song Sung By A
South African Gospel Singer During A Christmas Program)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/ntokozo-mbambo-yi-naye-ghanaian-worship.html
Dec. 22, 2020
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More Examples Of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
(with extra lyrics)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/12/more-examples-of-rudolph-red-nosed.html
December 14, 2021
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Even More Examples Of The Song "Rudolph The Red Nose
Reindeer" Song With Added Lyrics
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/even-more-examples-of-song-rudolph-red.html
December 24, 2024
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Two YouTube Videos Of The Children's Parody "Jingle Bells Batman
Smells" (with lyrics & comments)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/12/two-youtube-videos-of-childrens-parody.html
December 12, 2025
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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT KWANZAA
Teddy Pendergrass - Happy Kwanzaa (video & lyrics)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/12/teddy-pendergrass-happy-kwanzaa-video.html
December 22, 2012
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Why Swahili Terms Are Used For The African American
Originated Holiday "Kwanzaa"
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Sesame Street's Elmo Performing A Kwanzaa Dance Featuring A
Musical Bow Instrument"
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/12/sesame-streets-elmo-performing-kwanzaa.html
December 17, 2016
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Kwanzaa Children's Song "O Kwanzaa" (information,
lyrics, videos, & instrumental song file)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/kwanzaa-childrens-song-o-kwanzaa.html
December 17, 2017
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Excerpts From & Comments About The 2012 Washington Post
Article "Confessions of a Kwanzaa drop-out: Why I don’t celebrate the
holiday"
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/excerpts-from-comments-about-2012.html
December 18, 2017
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Videos Of Kwanzaa Celebrations In The United States & In
Canada
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/videos-of-kwanzaa-celebrations-in.html
December 18, 2017
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1998 Chicago Tribune Reprint: "Kwanzaa: It's Not About
Christmas" (with Pancocojams editor's response to that article)
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/1998-chicago-tribune-reprint-kwanzaa.html
December 9, 2018
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Videos Of Two Kwanzaa Songs & A Hyperlinked List Of
Pancocojams Posts About Kwanzaa
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/videos-of-two-kwanzaa-songs-hyperlinked.html
December 26, 2019
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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT JUNKANOO
Jonkanoo, Gombey, New Orleans Indians, & The Philadelphia Mummers Costume Traditions (videos)
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/02/jonkanoo-gombey-new-orleans-indians.html
February 18, 2012
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A Traditional Caribbean Jonkonoo Song & Three
Contemporary Jonkanoo Videos From The Bahama
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-traditional-caribbean-jonkunnu-song.html
December 20, 2013
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Kunering (John Canoe) Traditions Among Enslaved Black People
In North Carolina & Information About Jonkanoo In The Bahamas
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/kunering-john-canoe-traditions-among.html
December 11, 2019
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