NPR

A look at the history of jingle bells

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 ...
NPR

The real origin of the holiday classic 'Jingle Bells'

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 ...
Fox News

Meet the American who wrote 'Jingle Bells,' James Lord Pierpont, dashing dreamer and scandalous rebel

Free bird James Lord Pierpont spent his life dashing through American history like it was his own one-horse open sleigh of adventure. Born the son of a preacher, he became a Boston whaler, Navy sailor ...
Vulture

The 10 Best Versions of ‘Jingle Bells’

This article was originally published on November 30, 2022. We’re rerunning it now in honor of the season. “Jingle Bells” doesn’t get more cringe than this. Momager, MasterClass instructor, and ...