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TIL many of the modern holiday standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Silver and Gold", and "Run Rudolph Run" were written by a single Jewish American songwriter named Johnny Marks.

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