![]() Music historian James Fuld notes that "the word jingle in the title and opening phrase is apparently an imperative verb." In the winter in New England in pre-automobile days, it was common to adorn horses' harnesses with straps bearing bells as a way to avoid collisions at blind intersections, since a horse-drawn sleigh in snow makes almost no noise. It was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder this recording, believed to be the first Christmas record, is lost, but an 1898 recording also from Edison Records survives. ![]() Although it has no original connection to Christmas, it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in the 1860s and 1870s, and it was featured in a variety of parlor song and college anthologies in the 1880s. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir, or as a drinking song. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. ![]() #JingleBells #XMAS: The Original Song Jingle Bells ( marry christmas ) upload in 2011 Official Jingle Bells: /watch?v=1MdBThvOjtI Merry Christmas - Jingle Bells Original Song ![]()
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