Bob Dylan's Christmas Cheer Gives To Homeless

Bob Dylan fans are puzzled with his new album "Christmas in the Heart," a collection of carols and traditional yuletide songs. All proceeds from this album will go to charities for the homeless and hungry in the United States, Britain and 80 other poor countries. Dylan told Reuters the reason he picked the cause and the organizations he did was, "They get food straight to the people. No military organization, no bureaucracy, no governments to deal with."

Bob Dylan, 68, was born Robert Allen Zimmerman and Jewish. Although he was never felt left out of Christmas when growing up in Minnesota. Dylan told Reuters he always recalled "plenty of snow, jingle bells, Christmas carolers going from house to house, sleighs in the streets, town bells ringing, nativity plays."

This Christmas album only renews the speculation among Dylan fans and critics about his current faith. Between 1979-81 he was Born Again Christian and released three religious-themed albums. He told Reuters, "I am a true believer" with no other explanation.