UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this season ...

GWEN STEFANI: (Singing) Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride... INSKEEP: Gwen Stefani belts it out there. Now, I called it a Christmas song, and that's really the ...

To fully appreciate its legacy, we must look beyond the jingly chorus and confront the uncomfortable context of its creation and initial reception. Originally titled “One Horse Open Sleigh,” the song ...

It's true that "Jingle Bells" songwriter James Pierpont did not have Christmas in mind when he penned the tune — which does not mention the holiday in its lyrics — in the 1850s. However, widespread ...

The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. Rating: True (About this rating?) "Jingle Bells" is a staple of the Christmas season, but did its creator write it for the ...

With all the negativity surrounding the Dover High School "KKK Jingle" I thought it might be nice to recognize the real "Jingle Bells" and the man who composed it. James Lord Pierpont was born in ...

The Christmas song ‘Jingle Bells’ was removed from Council Rock Primary School’s curriculum, an elementary school in Rochester, New York, over its history. Google Street View The popular Christmas ...

“Jingle Bells” is one of the most familiar holiday songs in America—played in stores, remixed by hip-hop pioneers, and sung by kids who may not know it wasn’t even written as a Christmas song. However ...