Here’s the truth about Jingle Bells. It’s not a Christmas song — it’s a Thanksgiving song. It’s not a jolly family song — it’s a drinking song. It’s at the centre of a nasty ...

It turns out that Jingle Bells is not really a Christmas song at all. What’s more, there’s another whole verse which we all ignore, in a bid to make it sound more Christmassy. 2.

WHAT is your favourite Christmas carol? When faced with this question, a lot of people would say Jingle Bells. But it turns out this popular ditty is not really a Christmas song at all. While we ig… ...

The best versions of "Jingle Bells" that need to be on your holiday playlist immediately. By Xavier Piedra It really isn’t a proper Christmas if “Jingle Bells” isn’t blaring in your ears ...

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.

It also originally wasn’t called Jingle Bells. The history experts say: “When the holiday ditty was first printed by a Boston music publishing house in 1857, it was released under the title ...

“Jingle Bells” is a classic song sung at Christmas time, but it didn’t start out that way. First published in 1857, it was written by James Lord Pierpont, to be sung on Thanksgiving — not ...

‘Jingle Bells’ was the first song broadcast from space Ten days before Christmas 1965, astronauts Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford, orbiting aboard Gemini 6, met Gemini ...

What's more is, on December 16, 1965, it actually became the first song to ever be played in outerspace. At the time, the crew of Gemini 6 played the song with bells and a harmonica they managed ...