Jingle Bells (spoiler alert!)

[Velvet]

Ladies and gentlemen, it has been brought to my attention that Jingle Bells, one of the world's most widely recognised songs and one of the most popular Christmas carols (if I teach carols to 50 students a year about 40 of them learn Jingle Bells, most by request) was written for a Thanksgiving concert. Yes, American songwriter J. Piermont wrote Jingle Bells, with the words we all know and several other verses besides, as a Thanksgiving song.

Motherfuckerface.

[phishtaper]

grinch!

I suppose now you'll be telling us that Santa Claus was invented by Hallmark.

see if I buy you a beer now! bastard!

[peipunk]

Thanks-give-ing! Thanks-give-ing!

Give thanks alllll...the way!

Oh what fun

It is to ride

In a one horse open sleigh

Hey!

[Velvet]

The last verse is my favourite:

Now the ground is white

Go it while you're young,

Take the girls tonight

and sing this sleighing song;

Just get a bobtailed bay

Two forty as his speed

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack! you'll take the lead.

[StoneMtn]

Sounds like good news for Thanksgiving. Are there any other Thanksgiving songs? I can't think of one. It seems fair is fair, and it's about time.