Jingle Bells facts for kids

"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857.

Although originally intended for the Thanksgiving season, and having no connection to Christmas, it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in general decades after it was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857. It was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder.

James Lord Pierpont's 1857 composition "Jingle Bells" became one of the most performed and most recognizable secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world. In recognition of this achievement, James Lord Pierpont was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

"Jingle Bells" was the first song broadcast from space, in a Christmas-themed prank by Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra while in space on December 16, 1965.

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  Plaque at 19 High Street, Medford, Massachusetts

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  Historical marker in Savannah, Georgia

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  Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford of Gemini VI (1965)

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In Spanish: Jingle Bells para niños