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Morning Start: Did you know Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song?

Your morning start for Monday, Dec. 23
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With Christmas Day just two days away you can feel the excitement in the air, but not any snow.

Fun Fact of the day:

鈥淛ingle Bells鈥 was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.

The song was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title 鈥淥ne Horse Open Sleigh鈥. It was supposed to be played in the composer鈥檚 Sunday school class during Thanksgiving as a way to commemorate the famed Medford sleigh races. 鈥淛ingle Bells鈥 was also the first song to be broadcast from space.

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