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From blues to gospel, from field recordings to street sermons, here are 52 vintage snapshots of an African-American Christmas. These range from deeply sorrowful to lighthearted to just plain bizarre: Christmas Blues Gatemouth Moore; Hello Santa Claus Cecil Gant; Happy New Year Darling Lonnie Johnson; Christmas & New Year's Blues Tampa Red; At the Christmas Ball Bessie Smith; The Christmas Song Leadbelly; Happy New Year Lightnin' Hopkins, plus Amos Milburn, Little Esther, Leroy Carr and more!