The Story of Jingle Bells Believe it or not Jingle Bells, one of the most popular and well-known American Christmas songs, was actually written for Thanksgiving! A minister named James Pierpoint was the author and composer of Jingle Bells, he wrote it in 1857 for the children celebrating Thanksgiving in his Boston Sunday School. The song was so well-received that they song it again at Christmas, and indeed Jingle Bells has been repeated ever since. The sound eff..
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