Claims that Jingle Bells started as a Thanksgiving song are making the rounds online again. So, how did the holiday classic actually come to life?

There's not much that evokes the holidays more than the song "Jingle Bells," with its catchy tune and classic imagery of a sleigh gliding through a wintry landscape. So where did this quintessential ...

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 ...

Let's, for a moment, consider "Jingle Bells" as performed by the Singing Dogs. With jaded, 21st-century ears, it's easy to dismiss as Yuletide kitsch. It topped a 2007 survey of most-hated Christmas ...