I thought that Jingle Bells was a Christmas song until I realized that it was initially a Thanksgiving Day song." A third ...

An upstate New York public school chose not to include "Jingle Bells" in its repertoire of Christmas songs after linking the tune’s origins to 19th century minstrel shows, according to a local report.

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 ...

If your Christmas wish list includes some relief from the same old songs on the radio, then your early gift is here in the form of some all-new and mostly original holiday tunes. Some of them might ...

The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. "Jingle Bells" is a staple of the Christmas ...

“Jingle Bells” is one of the most enduring Christmas classics. Armed with a bright jangle of sleigh bells keeping in time to the racing lyrics, it is a fun and infectious holiday sing-a-long. “Jingle ...

When it comes to holiday music, we like what we like. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe we like a song because it’s a tune we played in high school band or sang every year in the holiday pageant. Maybe it’s ...

The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica describes music as an ever-changing and evolving artform that “lends itself easily to alliances with words, as in song, and with physical movement, as ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...

The school replaced the tune with others that don't have "the potential to be controversial or offensive." Getty Images/iStockphoto Some upstate New York residents are riled up after there were no ...

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The song features Kris Jenner on vocals, Kourtney Kardashian on bells, and Travis Barker on the drums Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and ...