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{{Short description|American Christmas song written by James Lord Pierpont circa 1857}}
{{About|the song|the musical instrument|Jingle bell|the film|Jingle Bells (2022 film)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Jingle Bells
| cover         = One Horse Open Sleigh title page.jpg
| caption       = Title page of "The One Horse Open Sleigh"
| type          = song
| language      = English
| published     = September 16, 1857, by [[Oliver Ditson|Oliver Ditson & Co.]], [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| genre         = [[Christmas music|Christmas]]
| writer        = [[James Lord Pierpont]]
| misc          = Originally titled as "The One Horse Open Sleigh"
}}

"'''Jingle Bells'''" is an American song and one of the most commonly sung<ref>Collins, Ace. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2xV3ZhqEFsC&q=%22jingle+bells%22+%22best+known%22+%22winter+song%22&dq=%22jingle+bells%22+%22best+known%22+%22winter+song%22 ''Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232124/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2xV3ZhqEFsC&q=%22jingle+bells%22+%22best+known%22+%22winter+song%22&dq=%22jingle+bells%22+%22best+known%22+%22winter+song%22 |date=January 16, 2023 }} Zondervan, 2004. {{ISBN|0310264480}}. p. 104.</ref> [[Christmas]] songs in the world. It was written by [[James Lord Pierpont]]. It is an unsettled question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells".<ref name="snopes">{{cite web|title='Jingle Bells' Wasn't Written as a Christmas Song. Here's the Real History|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christmas-song-jingle-bells-history/|first=Caroline|last=Wazer|website=Snopes|date=December 23, 2024}}</ref> It was published under the title "'''The One Horse Open Sleigh'''" in September 1857. Although it has no original connection to Christmas,<ref>{{cite news|author=Doyle, Steven|url=http://www.greensboro.com/life/this-day-in-history/article_f89ff63f-aa47-586c-94b8-e26127e65ff0.html|title=This day in history: Sept. 16, 1857|newspaper=[[Greensboro News & Record]]|date=September 16, 2017|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916062539/http://www.greensboro.com/life/this-day-in-history/article_f89ff63f-aa47-586c-94b8-e26127e65ff0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it became associated with winter and Christmas in the 1860s and 1870s, and it was featured in a variety of [[parlor song]] and college anthologies in the 1880s.<ref name="joebrown">{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Joel|url=https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/jingle-bells-history/|title=History of Jingle Bells|newspaper=[[BU Today]]|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114233739/http://www.bu.edu/articles/2016/jingle-bells-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was first recorded in 1889 on an [[Phonograph cylinder|Edison cylinder]]; this recording, believed to be the first Christmas record, is [[lost media|lost]], but an 1898 recording—also from Edison Records—survives.<ref name="yule" />

It has been claimed that the song was originally written to be sung by a [[Sunday school]] choir for [[Thanksgiving]], or as a drinking song.<ref name=thanksgiving>{{cite web |title=A Thanksgiving Carol |url=http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/music/jinglebells.asp |publisher=snopes.com |date=December 18, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223203050/http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/music/jinglebells.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> However, these claims are not supported by any primary sources. According to more recent research, the song was originally written as a [[minstrel show|minstrel song]] satirizing [[Black people|Black]] participation in northern winter activities.<ref name="snopes"/><ref name="Hamill">{{cite journal |last1=Hamill |first1=Kyna |title='The story I must tell': 'Jingle Bells' in the Minstrel Repertoire |journal=Theatre Survey |date=September 2017 |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=375–403 |doi=10.1017/S0040557417000291 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==History==
===Composition===
[[File:Jingle Bells 19 High St Medford MA-2010.jpg|thumb|350px|Plaque at 19 High Street, [[Medford, Massachusetts]] ]]
[[File:Pierpont Jingle Bells Savannah.jpg|thumb|350px|Historical marker in [[Savannah, Georgia]] ]]
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[[James Lord Pierpont]] originally copyrighted the song with the name "The One Horse Open Sleigh" on September 16, 1857.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 16, 1857|author=Pierpont, J.|title=One Horse Open Sleigh|location=Boston|publisher=Oliver Ditson & Co.|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1820&fileName=sm2%2Fsm1857%2F620000%2F620520%2Fmussm620520.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r%3Fammem%2Fmussm%3A%40filreq%28%40field%28NUMBER+%40band%28sm1857+620520%29%29+%40field%28COLLID+sm1820%29%29&linkText=0|access-date=December 26, 2006|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126185905/http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1820&fileName=sm2%2Fsm1857%2F620000%2F620520%2Fmussm620520.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r%3Fammem%2Fmussm%3A%40filreq%28%40field%28NUMBER+%40band%28sm1857+620520%29%29+%40field%28COLLID+sm1820%29%29&linkText=0|url-status=live}}</ref> The songwriting credit given was "Song and Chorus written and composed by J. Pierpont." Possibly intended as a drinking song, it did not become a Christmas song until decades after it was first performed. Pierpont dedicated the song to [[John P. Ordway]], Esq., an organizer of a [[Theatrical troupe|troupe]] called "Ordway's Aeolians".<ref>Staff (2014, updated 2022) [https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/james-lord-pierpont-10-unusual-facts-life/ "10 Unusual Facts About James Lord Pierpont"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327223106/https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/james-lord-pierpont-10-unusual-facts-life/|date=March 27, 2023}} [[New England Historical Society]]</ref>

It is an unsettled question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells". A plaque at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square in [[Medford, Massachusetts]], commemorates the "birthplace" of "Jingle Bells", and claims that Pierpont wrote the song there in 1850, at what was then the Simpson Tavern. Previous local history narratives claim the song was inspired by the town's popular [[sleigh]] races during the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wilcox, Kris|url=http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/298769.shtml|title=James Lord Pierpont and the mystery of 'Jingle Bells'|date=December 15, 2014|website=UU World|access-date=September 23, 2016|archive-date=March 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316152206/http://uuworld.org/ideas/articles/298769.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Researcher Kyna Hamil proposes that the song was composed in Boston, before Pierpont moved to Savannah in the fall of 1857.<ref name="snopes"/> 

The song was republished in 1859 by Oliver Ditson and Company, 277 Washington Street, Boston, with the new title "Jingle Bells; or, The One Horse Open Sleigh". Its sheet music cover featured a drawing of [[sleigh bells]] around the title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/062/029 |title=Jingle Bells. Johns Hopkins. Sheridan Libraries and University Museums. The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved 16 December 2021. |access-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216223442/https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/062/029 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sleigh bells were strapped across the horse to make the jingle, jangle sound.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

"Jingle Bells" was first performed on September 15, 1857, at [[Ordway Hall (Boston)|Ordway Hall]] in Boston by blackface minstrel performer Johnny Pell.<ref name="Hamill" /> The song was in the then-popular style or genre of "sleighing songs". Pierpont's lyrics are strikingly similar to lines from many other popular sleigh-riding songs of the time; researcher Kyna Hamill argued that this, along with his constant need for money, led him to compose and release the song solely as a financial enterprise: "Everything about the song is churned out and copied from other people and lines from other songs—there's nothing original about it."<ref name="joebrown" /><ref name="Hamill" />

By the time the song was released and copyrighted, Pierpont had relocated to [[Savannah, Georgia]], to serve as organist and music director of that city's [[Unitarian Universalist Church (Savannah, Georgia)|Unitarian Church]] (now Unitarian Universalist), where his brother, Rev. John Pierpont Jr., served as minister. In August 1857, Pierpont married Eliza Jane Purse, daughter of the mayor of Savannah. Pierpont remained in Savannah and never returned north.<ref name="Hamill" /><ref>[http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/james_lord_pierpont.htm "James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) Author of 'Jingle Bells'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231173658/http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/james_lord_pierpont.htm |date=December 31, 2020 }} on the ''Hymns and Carols of Christmas'' website</ref>

===Recordings and performances===
{{see also|List of artists who have recorded "Jingle Bells"}}

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]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

"Jingle Bells" was first recorded by banjoist Will Lyle on October 30, 1889 (attested A T E Wangemann Logbook, p.&nbsp;114), on an [[Edison cylinder]], but no surviving copies are known to exist.<ref name=yule>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawnofsound.com/2008/12/voices-of-christmas-past-2/|title=Voices of Christmas Past|publisher=dawnofsound.com|date=December 2, 2008|access-date=January 9, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131112927/http://www.dawnofsound.com/2008/12/voices-of-christmas-past-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> The earliest surviving vocal recording was made by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898, also on an Edison cylinder (and 1898 Columbia brown wax 4090), as part of a 'Christmas' medley titled "Sleigh Ride Party".<ref name=yule /> There is a version by the Hayden Quartet called Sleigh Ride Party recorded in 1901.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleigh Ride Party |website=[[Library of Congress]] |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-5363/}}</ref> In 1902, the [[Hayden Quartet]] recorded "Jingle Bells". The song became a Christmas favorite in the early twentieth century.<ref name=joebrown />

[[File:Schirra and Stafford Suit-Up - GPN-2000-001478.jpg|thumb|[[Wally Schirra]] and [[Thomas P. Stafford|Tom Stafford]] of [[Gemini VI]] (1965)]]

In 1935, [[Benny Goodman]] and His Orchestra reached No. 18 on the charts with their Swing or big band recording of "Jingle Bells". In 1941, [[Glenn Miller]] and His Orchestra with [[Tex Beneke]], [[Marion Hutton]], [[Ernie Caceres]], and the [[Modernaires]] on vocals had a No. 5 hit on the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart with a big band arrangement of "Jingle Bells" on [[RCA Victor]] as Bluebird 11353-A. In 1943, [[Bing Crosby]] and [[the Andrews Sisters]] recorded "Jingle Bells" as Decca 23281<ref>{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|magazine=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005054653/http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which reached No. 19 on the charts<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/113 113]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/113}}</ref> and sold over a million copies.  In 1951, [[Les Paul]] had a No. 10 hit with a [[Multitrack recording|multi-tracked]] version on guitar. In 2001, [[House of Mouse]] version, sung by [[Wayne Allwine]], [[Russi Taylor]], and [[Bill Farmer]]. In 2006, [[Kimberley Locke]] had a No. 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart with a recording of the song.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

===First song in space===
"Jingle Bells" was one of the first songs to be [[Music in space|broadcast from space]], in a Christmas-themed prank by [[Gemini 6]] astronauts [[Thomas P. Stafford|Tom Stafford]] and [[Wally Schirra]]. While in space on December 16, 1965, they sent this report to [[Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center|Mission Control]]:
{{blockquote|C6: Gemini VII, this is Gemini VI. We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory traveling from north to south and has a very high climbing ratio. It looks like it might even be a ... Very low. Looks like he might be going to reenter soon. Stand by one ... You might just let me try to pick up that thing. (Music – Jingle Bells – from Spacecraft VI) P7: We got the tune, VI. C6: That was live, VII, not tape. CC: You're too much, VI.<ref>{{cite web | title = Gemini VI Voice Communications | publisher = NASA | url = https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/mission_trans/GT06_TEC.PDF | access-date = October 12, 2020 | archive-date = March 7, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230307041720/https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/mission_trans/GT06_TEC.PDF | url-status = live }} p. 116, timestamp 23:57:30.</ref>}}
The astronauts then produced a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells, and with Schirra on the harmonica and Stafford on the bells, broadcast a rendition of "Jingle Bells".<ref name=Smithsonian2005>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Owen|date=December 2005|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/day-two-astronauts-said-they-saw-ufo-santa-suit-109444898/|title=The Day Two Astronauts Said They Saw a UFO Wearing a Red Suit|work=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]|page=25|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211063046/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/day-two-astronauts-said-they-saw-ufo-santa-suit-109444898/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The QI Third Book of General Ignorance|first1=John|last1=Mitchinson|first2=John|last2=Lloyd|author3=Andrew Hunter Murray|first4=James|last4=Harkin|publisher=Faber & Faber|date=September 23, 2015|page=90|location=London, England|isbn=9780571308989}}</ref> The harmonica, shown to the press upon their return, was a [[Hohner]] "Little Lady", a tiny harmonica approximately {{convert|1|in|cm|spell=in}} long, by {{convert|3/8|in|cm|adj=pre|of an}} wide.<ref name=Smithsonian2005/> Schirra donated the harmonica to the [[Smithsonian Air & Space Museum|Smithsonian]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harmonica, Gemini 6 {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/harmonica-gemini-6/nasm_A19670148000 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}</ref>

{{Listen|type=speech|filename=Gemini VI Jingle Bells.ogg|title=Radio transmission|description=Between Gemini VI, Gemini VII and Mission Control in Houston, December 16, 1965}}

==Lyrics==
Music historian James Fuld notes that (as opposed to an [[adjective]]), "the word ''jingle'' in the title and opening phrase is apparently an [[Imperative mood|imperative verb]]."<ref name="James J. Fuld p. 313">Fuld, James J. (2012) ''The Book of World-Famous Music'' (Fifth Edition) New York: Dover Publications, p. 313. {{ISBN|9780486414751}}</ref> In the winter in [[New England]] in pre-automobile days, it was common to adorn horses' [[Horse harness|harness]]es with straps bearing bells as a way to avoid collisions at blind intersections, since a horse-drawn sleigh in snow produces almost no audible noise. The [[rhythm]] of the tune apparently mimics that of a trotting horse's bells; however, "[[jingle bell]]s" is commonly interpreted to mean a certain kind of bell.

'''Jingle Bells'''
<poem>
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on [[docking (animal)|bob tail]] ring<!--this is correct, please do not change it; see https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/collection-pdfs/levy-062-044.pdf -->
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight! 

:Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells,
:Jingle all the way.
:Oh! what fun it is to ride
:In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey! 
:Jingle bells, jingle bells,
:Jingle all the way;
:Oh! what fun it is to ride
:In a one-horse open sleigh.
</poem>
Although less well-known than the opening, the remaining verses depict high-speed youthful fun. In the second verse, the narrator takes a ride with a girl and loses control of the sleigh:
<poem>
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got {{not a typo|upsot}}.<!--DO NOT CHANGE THIS TO "UPSET" -- "UPSOT" IS CORRECT--><ref group=lower-alpha>"Upsot" is an archaic or dialectic variant of the past tense of "upset", which allows the line to rhyme with "lot".</ref>
::|: chorus :|
</poem>

In the next verse (which is often skipped), he falls out of the sleigh and a rival laughs at him:
<poem>
A day or two ago,
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow,
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away. Ah! 
::|: chorus :|
</poem>
In the last verse, after relating his experience, he gives advice to a friend to pick up some girls, find a faster horse, and take off at full speed:
<poem>
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed [[bay (horse)|bay]]
Two forty as his speed<ref group=lower-alpha>Two forty refers to a mile in two minutes and forty seconds at the [[trot]], or {{convert|22.5|mph|km/h}}. This is a good speed, and suggests the desired horse of that era was a type later known as a [[Standardbred]].</ref>
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And snap! You'll take the lead.
::|: chorus :|
</poem>

'''Notes to lyrics'''
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

===Original lyrics===
The two first [[stanza]]s and [[refrain|chorus]] of the original 1857 lyrics differed slightly from those known today. It is unknown who replaced the words with those of the modern version.<ref name="James J. Fuld p. 313"/> Underlined lyrics are the removed lyrics from the original version. Bold lyrics are the new lyrics in the current version.
<poem>
Dashing thro' the snow,
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the {{underline|hills}} ('''fields''') we go,
Laughing all the way;
Bells on bob tail ring,
Making spirits bright,
{{underline|Oh what sport}} ('''What fun it is''') to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.

::|: chorus :|
:Jingle bells, jingle bells,
:Jingle all the way;
:Oh! what {{underline|joy}} ('''fun''') it is to ride
:In a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago
I tho't I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
Was seated by my side.
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And {{underline|we—}} ('''then''') we got upsot.

</poem>

==Melody==
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The original 1857 version of "Jingle Bells" featured a substantially different [[refrain|chorus]]. The [[chord progression|progression]] of descending chords in the original refrain (A{{music|flat}}&ndash;E{{music|flat}}/G&ndash;Fm&ndash;C&ndash;D{{music|flat}}&ndash;A{{music|flat}}/E{{music|flat}}&ndash;E{{music|flat}}<sup>7</sup>&ndash;A{{music|flat}}; in Roman numeral analysis, I&ndash;V<sup>6</sup>&ndash;vi&ndash;V/vi&ndash;IV&ndash;I{{su|b=4|p=6}}&ndash;V<sup>7</sup>&ndash;I) bears some resemblance to that of [[Pachelbel's Canon]]. The verses, on the other hand, have mostly the same melody (with some minor simplifications) in modern renditions as they did in 1857. The origin of the simpler, modern refrain is unknown, but it dates back at least 1898, when the oldest surviving phonograph recording of the song was released through [[Edison Records]].

The "Jingle Bells" tune is used in French and German songs, although the lyrics are unrelated to the English lyrics. Both songs celebrate winter fun, as in the English version. The French song, titled "Vive le vent" ("Long Live the Wind"), was written by Francis Blanche<ref>{{cite web|title=Vive le vent (French chorus and literal English translation)|url=http://french.about.com/library/blxm-vivelevent.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=December 26, 2006|archive-date=February 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215200449/http://french.about.com/library/blxm-vivelevent.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vive le vent (with verses and augmented refrain)|url=http://www.paroles.net/chansons/23868.htm|publisher=Paroles.net|access-date=December 26, 2006|archive-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420234633/http://www.paroles.net/chansons/23868.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and contains references to [[Father Time]], [[Baby New Year]], and [[New Year's Day]]. There are several German versions of "Jingle Bells", including [[Roy Black (singer)|Roy Black]]'s "Ein kleiner weißer Schneemann".<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy Black's version of "Jingle Bells in German" (German lyrics and literal English translation)|url=http://german.about.com/library/blmus_jingleb.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=December 26, 2006|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203080608/https://www.thoughtco.com/roy-blacks-jingle-bells-in-german-4076261|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Parodies and homages==
{{external media| topic = Results from a survey of over 64,000 people for most common variations of the parody.| video1 = [http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5u9JSnAAU4 I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's What I Found Out.] [[Tom Scott (presenter)]], June 2020}}
Like many simple, catchy, and popular melodies, "Jingle Bells" is often the subject of [[parody]]. "Jingle Bells, [[Batman]] Smells" has been a well-known parody since the mid-1960s,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/36591175/?match=1&terms=%22Batman%20smells%22&clipping_id=82059715|newspaper=The Lawton Constitution|date=January 3, 1967|title=bill crawford|first=Bill|last=Crawford}}</ref> with many variations on the lyrics.<ref>{{cite book |title=American Children's Folklore |url=https://archive.org/details/americanchildren00augu |url-access=registration |last=Bronner |first=Simon J. |year=1988 |publisher=August House |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanchildren00augu/page/105 105]}}</ref> It has been referenced several times in official Batman media, notably appearing in the second episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', "[[Christmas with the Joker]]". It also appears in the first episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", which led the series to be misattributed with creating the parody.<ref name="Groening">{{cite video |title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire' |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox |year=2001 |people=[[Matt Groening|Groening, Matt]]}}</ref>

Parodies or novelty versions of "Jingle Bells" have been recorded by many artists, and include [[Harry Stewart|Yogi Yorgesson]]'s "Yingle Bells", [[Da Yoopers]]' "[[Rusty Chevrolet]]",<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273493683/ | title=Come and say, yah hey: 'Rusty Chevrolet' rolls into holiday hit | work=Wausau Daily Herald | date=December 24, 1986 | accessdate=November 28, 2022 | author=Tom Berger | pages=1A | archive-date=November 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129001822/https://www.newspapers.com/image/273493683/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Colin Buchanan (musician)|Bucko]] and [[Greg Champion|Champs]]' "Aussie Jingle Bells", [[The Three Stooges]]' "Jingle Bell Drag", and [[Jeff Dunham]]'s "Jingle Bombs", performed in his "[[Achmed the Dead Terrorist]]" sketch. Another popular spoof of the song is "Pumpkin Bells", a "Pumpkin Carol" which celebrates [[Halloween]] and the "Great Pumpkin". It originated in ''The Peanuts Book of Pumpkin Carols'',<ref>''The Peanuts Book of Pumpkin Carols'', Ambassador Cards</ref> a booklet based on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip and published by [[Hallmark Cards]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last= Lind|first=Stephen |date=2015 |title=A Charlie Brown Religion |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |page=222 |isbn=978-1-4968-0468-6}}</ref>

The [[Australia]]n "Aussie Jingle Bells" written by [[Colin Buchanan (musician)|Colin Buchanan]], broadly translates the idea of the original song to the summertime Christmas of the [[Southern Hemisphere]], making reference to a [[Holden]] [[Ute (vehicle)|ute]] and [[Australian Kelpie|Kelpie]].

[[File:Jingle Bells refrain vector.svg|thumb|right|400px|[[Musical notation]] for the chorus of "Jingle Bells" [[File:Jingle Bells refrain vector.mid|thumb|Play]]]]

"[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" by [[Bobby Helms]] pays homage to "Jingle Bells", directly referencing the source song's lyrics, but with a different melody. Originally recorded and released by Helms in a [[rockabilly]] style, "Jingle Bell Rock" has itself since become a Christmas standard.<ref>{{cite book |title=Stories Behind the Greatest Hits of Christmas |url=https://archive.org/details/storiesbehindgre0000coll |url-access=registration |last=Collins |first=Ace |year=2010 |publisher=Zondervan |pages=[https://archive.org/details/storiesbehindgre0000coll/page/101 101–103]|isbn=9780310327950 }}</ref>

"Tintinabulations" is a novelty arrangement of the song for full orchestra by American Katherine W. Punwar.<ref name="Punwar"> "The Compostion" in J. S. Pierpont. ''Tintinabulations.'' Arranged by Katherine W. Punwar. San Diego: Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 1986. p. 2.</ref>  It consists of 19th and 20th century stylistic variations of "Jingle Bells"<ref name="Punwar"/> and is sometimes performed by classical orchestras for their Christmas concerts.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The first notes in the chorus have become a [[motif (music)|motif]] that has been inserted into recordings of other Christmas songs, most notably at the beginning and end of [[Bing Crosby]]'s "[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas]]"; a guitar passage at the end of [[Nat King Cole]]'s "[[The Christmas Song]]"; and [[Clarence Clemons]] performing a saxophone solo in the middle of [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "[[Merry Christmas Baby]]". A piano is also heard playing these notes at the end of Springsteen's version of "[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]". A slow version of the chorus opening forms the conclusion of [[Stan Freberg]]'s 1957 "[[Green Christmas (Stan Freberg song)|Green Chri$tma$]]", interspersed with cash-register noises. [[Mariah Carey]] utilizes a bit of the melody in her song "[[When Christmas Comes]]". [[Joni Mitchell]]'s 1971 song "[[River (Joni Mitchell song)|River]]" begins with a melancholy version of the chorus on piano.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/12/07/how-thoroughly-depressing-joni-mitchell-song-became-blue-christmas-classic/|title=How a 'thoroughly depressing' Joni Mitchell song became a blue Christmas classic|last=du Lac|first=J. Freedom|date=December 7, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017041416/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/12/07/how-thoroughly-depressing-joni-mitchell-song-became-blue-christmas-classic/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Charts==
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===Frank Sinatra version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2013–2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-01-01|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=January 1, 2024|access-date=December 29, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229060245/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-01-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 37
|-
{{single chart|Austria|25|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|39|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 31, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Canada|34|artist=Frank Sinatra|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| France ([[SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=52&annee=2023&categorie=Top%20Singles|title=Top Singles (Week 52, 2023)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=January 2, 2024|archive-date=January 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102123059/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=52&annee=2023&categorie=Top%20Singles|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 28
|-
{{single chart|Germany|32|songid=71440|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|23|artist=Frank Sinatra|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Greece International ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103162214/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2024|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) - Week 52/2023|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
| 29
|-
{{single chart|Ireland4|46|date=20231229|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Italy|16|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s52-2/|title=2023 52-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|language=lt|date=December 29, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229080146/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s52-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 38
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|84|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Portugal|43|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=January 29, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Slovakdigital2|70|year=2023|week=51+52|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|52|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|25|artist=Frank Sinatra|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 31, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|60|date=20240104|rowheader=true|access-date=December 30, 2023|refname=ukchart20231215}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Frank Sinatra|rowheader=true|access-date=December 27, 2023}}
|}

===Peter Alexander version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells (Schlittenfahrt)"
! scope="col"| Chart (1965)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|38|songid=100050|artist=Peter Alexander|song=Jingle Bells (Schlittenfahrt)|year=1965|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Judge Dread version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells/Hokey Cokey"
! scope="col"| Chart (1978)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|64|date=19781217|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023|refname=ukchart19781217}}
|}

===Moustache version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|23|artist=Moustache %5BBE%5D|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Hysterics version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells (Laughing All the Way)"
! scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|44|date=19811213|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023|refname=ukchar19811213}}
|}

===Confetti's version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Circling Stars (Jingle Bells)"
! scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Confetti's|song=Circling Stars (Jingle Bells)|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|France|19|artist=Confetti's|song=Circling Stars (Jingle Bells)|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|91|artist=Confetti's|song=Circling Stars (Jingle Bells)|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Yello version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (1995–2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Finland|7|artist=Yello|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Poland ([[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=[[OLiS]]|language=pl|access-date=December 23, 2024|type=Select week 14.12.2024–20.12.2024.|archive-date=December 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223120840/https://olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 46
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|49|artist=Yello|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|34|artist=Yello|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Johann K. version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=Johann K.|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Crazy Frog version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This" or "Jingle Bells/Last Christmas"
! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|3|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|France|5|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|32|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Spain|1|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Jingle Bells / Last Christmas|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|5|date=20051218|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023|refname=ukchar20051218}}
|}

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===Kimberley Locke version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Adult Contemporary |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2006-12-23/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924004547/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2006-12-23/ |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Basshunter version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2006, 2008)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|31|artist=Basshunter|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|9|artist=Basshunter|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Basshunter|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|35|date=20081221|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023|refname=ukchar20081221}}
|}

===Glee Cast version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2010)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| [[Billboard Christmas Holiday charts|Holiday Digital Song Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Glee Cast Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/glee-cast/chart-history/XDT |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 26, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203083818/https://www.billboard.com/artist/glee-cast/chart-history/xdt/ }}</ref>
| 10
|}

===Michael Bublé and the Puppini Sisters version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2011–2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|24|artist=Michael Bublé feat. The Puppini Sisters|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|134|artist=Michael Buble|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|40|year=2018|week=51|rowheader=true|access-date=November 11, 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| Italy ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2023&settimana=52#tabs-1b|title=Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 52|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=December 30, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/3/2023/52|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 16
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|56|artist=Michael Bublé feat. The Puppini Sisters|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|26|artist=Michael Bublé feat. The Puppini Sisters|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|56|artist=Michael Bublé feat. The Puppini Sisters|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| UK Streaming Chart ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20150105/|title=Official Streaming Chart|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=December 29, 2023|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203122908/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20150104/7510/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 77
|}

===3js version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|83|artist=3js|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Jim Reeves version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2015)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|92|artist=Jim Reeves|song=Jingle Bells|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Lauren Daigle version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardchristianairplay|3|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023}}
|}

===Sam Ryder version===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart position for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|41|date=20221230|rowheader=true|access-date=December 26, 2023|refname=ukchar20221230}}
|}

===Meghan Trainor version===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart positions for "Jingle Bells"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023–2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|200|artist=Meghan Trainor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|48|date=20231229|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2023|refname=ukchart20231229}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|78|artist=Meghan Trainor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|25|artist=Meghan Trainor|rowheader=true|access-date=December 10, 2024|refname=MeghanAC}}
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
===Frank Sinatra version===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Frank Sinatra|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1961|certyear=2025|access-date=January 10, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Frank Sinatra|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1948|certyear=2020|id=8043|access-date=January 13, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Frank Sinatra|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1948|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=January 13, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Frank Sinatra|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=16071-823-1|access-date=January 6, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

===Michael Bublé and the Puppini Sisters version===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Michael Bublé feat. the Puppini Sisters|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2014|certyear=2021|id=9559|access-date=December 30, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Jingle Bells|artist=Michael Buble/Puppini Sisters|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2023|id=16071-5132-1|access-date=December 8, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==See also==
* [[List of Christmas carols]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Jingle Bells (song)}}
{{wikisource}}
{{sister project|project=Wikiversity|text=[[v:Sing free/Jingle Bells|Sing '''Jingle Bells''' to an electric piano on Wikiversity.]]}}
* [https://www.allmusic.com/search/songs/Jingle+Bells Search result for recordings], [[AllMusic]]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1820&fileName=sm2/sm1857/620000/620520/mussm620520.db Sheet music of "The One Horse Open Sleigh"] at the [[Library of Congress]]
* [http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/jinglebellssong.htm The Story of "Jingle Bells"] by Roger Lee Hall, New England Song Series No. 3
* Free arrangements for [http://cantorion.org/music/13/Jingle+Bells piano] and [http://cantorion.org/music/49/Jingle+Bells voice] from Cantorion.org
* [http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/james_lord_pierpont.htm James Lord Pierpont]—discussion of the song's history, hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
* [http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/jingle_bells.htm Complete lyrics and further details to "Jingle Bells"], hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q65194759|title=Jingle Belles}}, 1941 film with [[Gloria Jean]]
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