Saturday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2019

Posted on December 7, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Jingle Bells is one of the best-known[1] and commonly sung[2] American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont(1822–1893) and published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too “racy” (and secular) to be sung by a children’s church choir in the days it was written.[3]

Although originally intended for the Thanksgiving season,[3] and having no connection to Christmas,[4] it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in general decades after it was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857. Some area choirs adopted it as part of their repertoire in the 1860s and 1870s, and it was featured in a variety of parlor-song and college anthologies in the 1880s.[5] It was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder.[

This was Sinatra’s first full-length Christmas album. It features the Ralph Brewster Singers along with an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins.

Capitol reissued the album in 1963 with different cover art and a new title, The Sinatra Christmas Album, both of which also featured on the album’s initial 1987 compact disc pressing. The original title and cover were eventually restored for subsequent CD pressings in 1990 and 1999. In 2001, the album art was altered from its 1957 version.

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16 Responses to Saturday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2019

  1. rikyrah says:
    December 7, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    They mad because Biden handled his business and shut that shyt DOWN 😠😠

    Which went against the narrative that they were trying to create about Biden.

    Reply
  6. SouthernGirl2 says:
    December 7, 2019 at 3:40 pm

    My brother got released from the hospital. Thank you for your prayers.

    Reply
  11. rikyrah says:
    December 7, 2019 at 5:01 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄 😄😄

    Reply

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