"Jingle Bells" was originally written for which holiday?
This classic song is always sung at Christmas time. Actually, it didn’t start out that way.
The song was written to be sung on Thanksgiving Day and its original title was "One Horse Open Sleigh".
It was written in 1857.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
23 Comments
Larry Jones
I had a very strict music teacher in elementary school who insisted Jingle Bells and a few other songs were not holiday songs at all, but rather "winter songs." She was, in fact, so strict ( read mean) none of us liked her and we didn't learn much music, if any, from her.
Les Griffin
That was my second guess
Pierre Poirier
Trick question as, nowhere near X-Mas time. But i could not picture it being for independance day
Pierre Poirier
I thought, trick question. Went for the nearest holiday. Got it.
Richard S. Levine
Kerem Oner, Try Google or Wikipedia. They are always right on. When curious or incorrect, I always look it up. Helps to remember Trivia.
Richard S. Levine
Larry Jones, Deja Vu. We had Mrs. Berliner. Nasty, short tempered & always had her "demerit' book" in hand.
Donna R. O'Brien Moran
Thought it might be Thanksgiving - Winter song. Guessed correctly.
Kerem Oner
Snopes disagrees but then again Snopes is an often wrong 'fact' checking site I would not believe if my life depended on it!
Ray Sample
I remembered that my third grade teacher had taught us that for the Thanksgiving play.
Cheryl McMeekin
No idea about this
Christopher Field
US Thanksgiving in 1857 must have been extremely snowy.
Diana Newman
Educated guess on that one
Joseph A. Robitaille
I'l take this as a fact, I did like the author's answers. Great Q and E.
Carole Benner
No idea
Eric Brown
I've known this bit of trivia for at least 30 years now.
Janice Fish
Great question