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Fitzgerald’s “Jingle Bells,” from the 1960 album Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas, is best heard with a holiday cocktail in hand and tap shoes on your feet.

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.

Jingle Bells is a cheery festive tune that always raises spirits at this time of year. But, little you may know, it was never actually meant to be a Christmas song.

LIFESTYLE Meet the American who wrote 'Jingle Bells,' James Lord Pierpont, dashing dreamer and scandalous rebel Born in Boston, fought for Confederacy, wrote holiday classic tune that's still ...

James L. Pierpont (1822-1893), composer of “Jingle Bells,” served as music director of this church in the 1850s when it was a Unitarian Church located on Oglethorpe Square.

The holiday classic "Jingle Bells" may have you dashing through the snow and longing for a ride on a horse-drawn sleigh, but the 19th-century song was never intended to celebrate the Christmas season.

The holiday classic "Jingle Bells" may have you dashing through the snow and longing for a ride on a horse-drawn sleigh, but the 19th-century song was never intended to celebrate the Christmas season.

There is a plaque in Medford near 19 High St. that claims it’s the spot where Simpson Tavern was located and that in 1850, Pierpont wrote the song “Jingle Bells” there in the presence of Mrs ...

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8. Gwen Stefani While the Gwen Stefani big-band pop version of “Jingle Bells,” from her 2017 album You Make It Feel Like Christmas, is not ska and does not spell out any fruit, it’s pleasant ...