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In honor of Epiphany and Old Christmas Day (jan 6) I decided to learn the song Breakin’ Up Christmas.
Breakin’ Up Christmas is both the name for 12 days of partying, dancing, and music making ending up on January 6th, Old Christmas day, and also a song sung during that period. The tradition harks from the area that roughly includes Surry County NC, nearby Grayson and Carroll counties in VA, and the independent city of Galax located between the two.
Hooray Jake, hooray John
Breakin’ up Christmas all night long
Santa Claus come, done and gone
Breaking up Christmas right straight along
Don’t you remember a long time ago
The old folks danced the doesey-doehttp://www.appalachianhistory.net/2010/12/breakin-up-christmas-2.html
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D. Ray White.
I like Banjos, fiddles, old time music, Appalachia, and cowboy boots most of all.
