You’d think that Christmas songs would need to include explicit references to the holiday. Seemingly, that isn’t the case. What’s the deal with non-Christmas Christmas songs, then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may want to sit down for this. Jingle Bells <\/em>isn’t actually a Christmas song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was upset too. It’s hard to know for sure who wrote it and for what reason, but it dates back to the 19th century. There are suggestions that it was originally named One Horse Open Sleigh, <\/em>and written for a Sunday school Thanksgiving performance. Whilst jingling bells have become synonymous with Christmastime, there is no reference to the holiday itself in Jingle Bells.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This begs the question (if you have a lot of time on your hands), what qualifies non-Christmas Christmas songs for the festive season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n