Get
in the holiday spirit with this fictional retelling of the story behind Jingle Bells. In 1857, John Lord
Pierpont sat down to write a song for his congregation’s Thanksgiving program,
despite the fact that he was in Savannah, Georgia, struggling with miserable
heat wave. Homesick for New England (and cool weather), Pierpont ended up
writing an enduringly popular holiday song.
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