For years, Snopes has covered the origins and myths attached to classic holiday songs such as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ...

The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. "Jingle Bells" is a staple of the Christmas ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a video examining claims that 'Jingle Bells' has roots in 19th-century minstrel shows.

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 ...

UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this season ...

The former MSNBC host reshared a video to her Instagram from an account claimed to have shone a light on the unsavory nature ...

“Jingle Bells,” one of the most well-known Christmas carols in the world, is now being called racist. A Boston University theater professor claims the Christmas carol has a “problematic history” ...

‘Jingle Bells’ is one of the most commonly sung Christmas songs in the world. Written by American James Lord Pierpont, it was ...