Was Jingle Bells originally made for Christmas?

It was written in 1850 because of sleigh races a small town in Massachusetts used to have.

Was Jingle Bells originally made for Christmas?
NO. It's a winter song about the sleigh races held on the main street of a small New England town (which name escapes me) in New Hampshire during the 19th Century. It has no reference to Xmas at all.








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Reply:It's a Thanksgiving Song however nowadays it's Christmas.
Reply:No, it was composed in 1857 for a children's Thanksgiving program.
Reply:^ someones been on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!
Reply:It was originally written as a Thanksgiving song in 1857 by James Pierpont . So I guess it was originally not. It's a moot point as to whether it's a Christmas song. The Thankgiving parade has Santa in it... But I'm not American so i don't know the in's-%26amp;-out's of Autumn. Certainly in Britain Jingle Bells is a Christmas song.
Reply:no


it was for thanksgiving


but it was so popular it was sung during Christmas, too