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o little town of bethlehem
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No sweet little town of Bethlehem
Sarah Puryear
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December 26, 2014
As a young child, one of the first Christmas songs I learned was "O Little Town of Bethlehem." I began to think of the song as sweet but a little schmaltzy until I learned that Philips Brooks wrote the song after visiting the town itself.
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