And by the way, sleigh bells and jingle bells - they're the same thing. Zeller says there's no clear moment when jingle bells transformed from a tool to an instrument, but he guesses the back half ...

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 ...

Explore our History Abbey bells History. It is probable that the Abbey built by Edward the Confessor, dedicated in 1065 and which had a central tower and two western towers, was furnished with bells.

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 ...

Churches in Birmingham rang bells Friday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the church bombing that killed four young girls and invigorated the civil rights movement.