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midnightsjane's wonderful Christmas eve story, my mind drifted to the one horse open sleighs of Jingle Bells. From there I looked up the author of Jingle Bells, James Pierpont on Google.
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Lots of interesting stuff. Jingle Bells was probably written in 'snowy' Georgia. Pierpont was a rebel in more ways than one. From a Unitarian family, not surprisingly, he wrote the most famous non-religious song associated with Christmas.
midnightsjane's wonderful Christmas eve story, my mind drifted to the one horse open sleighs of Jingle Bells. From there I looked up the author of Jingle Bells, James Pierpont on Google.the source
Lots of interesting stuff. Jingle Bells was probably written in 'snowy' Georgia. Pierpont was a rebel in more ways than one. From a Unitarian family, not surprisingly, he wrote the most famous non-religious song associated with Christmas.