1857年，美国波士顿假日学校的学生在教堂有一场感恩节演出，学生们请邻居詹姆斯·罗德·皮尔彭特( James Lord Pierpont)写了一首新歌，轻快的旋律让孩子们马上就学会了，这首名为《 One Horse Open Sleigh》的歌一经演唱就引起了轰动，并很快成为了一首快炙人口的经典圣诞歌曲。两年后，这首歌再度公开发表，正式命名为《 Jingle Bells》(《 The One Horse Open Sleigh》)。
歌词赏析：
Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails way
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails way
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
