It’s been recorded by many of the greats including Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrews Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, John Denver, Lena Horne and Michael Buble. It was the first song ever to be broadcast from space. But over 150 years after its publication, it has become a staple of the Christmas season. So maybe it’s safe to say that “Jingle Bells” did not start out as a Christmas Song, and it has a bit of a shady past. Researcher Kyna Hamill, a senior lecturer at Boston University, claims she uncovered a playbill from the September 15, 1857, show by Ordway’s Aeolians that lists a performance of “One Horse Open Sleigh” by Johnny Pell, who was a minstrel performer. There is one final controversy surrounding this famed tuned. “It has been reported, though not proven, that he wrote his popular winter song for his father’s Sunday School class for Thanksgiving and it proved so popular that it was sung again at Christmas time.” –American Music Preservation Society According to the American Music Preservation Society, “It has been reported, though not proven, that he wrote his popular winter song for his father’s Sunday School class for Thanksgiving and it proved so popular that it was sung again at Christmas time.” There is no mention of the word “Christmas” anywhere in the song. We may never know what Pierpont’s intentions were. Savannahians still claim Savannah as the home of “Jingle Bells,” because the song was copyrighted while Pierpont lived there. The song, McGlynn proclaimed, was composed in the town of Medford back in 1850. In 1989 Medford, Mass., Mayor Michael McGlynn sent a letter to his counterpart in Savannah stating that Medford was in fact the home of “Jingle Bells.” The argument between Georgia and Massachusetts began in 1985, when a historical marker in Savannah’s Troupe Square was erected across from the Unitarian Church that Pierpont called home. Not exactly “O Holy Night.” One lyric even encourages the listener to “go it while you’re young.” Someone was clearly in the holiday spirit. However, others counter that the original lyrics might have been too risqué for a church-going audience.Īs Snopes points out, the lesser-known verses of the song describe picking up girls, drag-racing on snow and a high-speed crash. The song, some historians claim, was an ode to Pierpont’s snowy upbringing in Massachusetts. 11 charming old slang words you can use this Thanksgiving
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