James Lord Pierpont was a songwriter best known for writing the famous Christmas song Jingle Bells. Born in the 1800s, he loved music and created songs that were fun and easy to sing. Although Jingle ...

Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. Every December, TV and radio become ...

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 ...

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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 ...

You can keep your eggnog, roasting chestnuts, and tidings of comfort and joy. For our inner 10-year-old, nothing says Christmas like Robin’s flatulence. Every time we hear “Jingle Bells” streaming at ...

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 ...

“Jingle Bells,” one of the most well-known Christmas carols in the world, is now being called racist. A Boston University theater professor claims the Christmas carol has a “problematic history” ...

Perhaps no single piece of secular music is more ubiquitous during the Christmas holiday season than "Jingle Bells," the venerable ditty about the joys of dashing through snow-covered fields while ...