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 ...

There's not much that evokes the holidays more than the song "Jingle Bells," with its catchy tune and classic imagery of a sleigh gliding through a wintry landscape. So where did this quintessential ...

Let's, for a moment, consider "Jingle Bells" as performed by the Singing Dogs. With jaded, 21st-century ears, it's easy to dismiss as Yuletide kitsch. It topped a 2007 survey of most-hated Christmas ...