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News Weird News Christmas songs People are only just realising where Jingle Bells comes from – and it's not Christmas Jingle Bells is a cheery festive tune that always raises spirits at this ...
"Jingle Bells" may not have started out as a Christmas song, but now, more than 150 years after its initial publication, it has become staple of the winter holiday season. Historian Roger Lee Hall ...
‘Merry, merry, merry, merry, Christmas!’ the carol chirps. Its music – composed in a minor key – hooks you straight in and ushers in the inevitable jingle of Christmas as soon as it starts. You might ...
Mrs. Heck is an avid collector and dealer of early American folk art, known as primitives, and the pride and joy of her collection is antique Christmas decorations. Every year, just after Thanksgiving ...
Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian ...
Propelled by visions of Christmases past, ornament collectors today search out antique ornaments at garage sales, flea markets and antiques stores, and pay prices for their finds ranging from 50 ce… ...
For Christmas that year, Mary got me a choir boy and it has exploded since then.” One choir boy has now turned into over 900, with Gary joking they’re choirs, not soloists.
The 13th annual Christmas antique show will be held at the Old Turnpike Road School on Route 517, Oldwick, on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $8 per ...