James Pierpont (musician) (1822–1893) American composer whose songs include "Jingle Bells"
Usually misquoted as "Oh! what fun it is to ride"
"The One Horse Open Sleigh"
“Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.”
2011-12-24
Christopher Hitchens on The True Spirit of Christmas
The Wall Street Jorunal
0099-9660
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204791104577110880355067656.html
2010s, 2011
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Bel Kaufmanová book Up the Down Staircase
Part III, ch. 15 (caption of a drawing)
Up the Down Staircase (1965)
“Forlorn! the very word is like a bell
To toil me back from thee to my sole self!”
John Keats Ode to a Nightingale
Stanza 8
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