"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.

And by the way, sleigh bells and jingle bells - they're the same thing. Zeller says there's no clear moment when jingle bells transformed from a tool to an instrument, but he guesses the back half ...

What's more is, on December 16, 1965, it actually became the first song to ever be played in outerspace. At the time, the crew of Gemini 6 played the song with bells and a harmonica they managed ...

The holiday classic "Jingle Bells" may have you dashing through the snow and longing for a ride on a horse-drawn sleigh, but the 19th-century song was never intended to celebrate the Christmas season.

The holiday classic "Jingle Bells" may have you dashing through the snow and longing for a ride on a horse-drawn sleigh, but the 19th-century song was never intended to celebrate the Christmas season.