News World news Original Jingle Bells sheet music sells for £19,000 165 years after Xmas classic written The eight page document was published in 1859, two years after its creator, James Pierpont ...

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 ...

"Jingle Bells" may not have started out as a Christmas song, but now, more than 150 years after its initial publication, it has become staple of the winter holiday season.

The Christmas staple "Jingle Bells," has been the subject of many arguments about its provenance. Researcher Kyna Hamill, who did some more digging, talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang.