An elementary school in New York decided to remove "Jingle Bells" from its curriculum because of concerns about the song's potential to be "controversial or offensive." The Rochester Beacon was first ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid took issue with a popular Christmas carol, reposting a video that describes the beloved tune as racist. The now-viral clip has renewed scrutiny of the carol’s past, as the ...

The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. Rating: True (About this rating?) "Jingle Bells" is a staple of the Christmas season, but did its creator write it for the ...

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 season ...

The story quoted Council Rock principal Matt Tappon as saying the song had been replaced with other songs that didn’t have “the potential to be controversial or offensive.” When told by the Beacon of ...

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GWEN STEFANI: (Singing) Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride... INSKEEP: Gwen Stefani belts it out there. Now, I called it a Christmas song, and that's really the ...

When it comes to holiday music, we like what we like. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe we like a song because it’s a tune we played in high school band or sang every year in the holiday pageant. Maybe it’s ...