Musicologist Joe Bennett explains the common components of the most enduring Christmas songs, from "Jingle Bells" to "All I ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. Rating: True (About this rating?) For years, social media users have claimed that the classic holiday tune "Jingle Bells" ...

It’s that time of year, when we tune in to the local Christmas station on the radio. After a five-minute commercial block, you hear some pop star over-sing a traditional, public domain holiday song.

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. However, widespread ...