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2024-12-05 06:47:35 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is false, Jingle Bells is not about slaying slaves or slaves wearing bells. The song is about a sleigh ride in the snow and was written by James Lord Pierpont and first performed at Ordway Hall in Boston on September 15, 1857. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/12/fact-check-jingle-bells-song-is-not-about-hunting-or-slaying-human-slaves-it-is-about-a-sleigh-ride-in-the-snow.html https://www.bu.edu/articles/2016/jingle-bells-history/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-survey/article/story-i-must-tell-jingle-bells-in-the-minstrel-repertoire/D42C78950A58BDB88290954F73B195B2
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