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Christmas Carol

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Greetings and welcome to Hattingdon’s selection of Christmas hats for 2024.

We kick off the festivities with this golden classic hat — embellished with a trio of jolly white jingle bells. We named the hat Carol.

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Isn’t she pretty?

Oh, by the way. Did you know there is some debate concerning where the song Jingle Bells comes from?

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Two different towns, hundreds of miles apart, both claim to be the birthplace of the iconic song. While Massachusetts-born Pierpont was living in Savannah, Georgia, he had what would be “Jingle Bells” published and copyrighted under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1857.

However, many claim the tune was written years earlier at the Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, insisting the author was inspired by his childhood home of Medford where the winters are more apt for sleigh riding.

Jingle bells are sleigh bells, by the way. See you on Thursday!

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Updated 12/04/24

7 Hats of Christmas: Day 1

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Jingle Bells trio in white on golden background.

Hello and welcome! We have a lovely surprise for you, and so right for this festive season.

Starting today, Monday, December 19th, we are posting a Christmas hat every day, through Sunday December 25th. Seven straight days of charming, yuletide hats. Let’s get started.

To kick off the festivities we chose this golden classic hat embellished with a trio of jolly white jingle bells.

Gilda Classic Hat in gold featuring jingle bells.
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The Jingle Bell song

The song ‘Jingle Bells’ was written by James Lord Pierpont. His nephew is J.P. Morgan. Yes, that J.P. Morgan.

Originally named “One Horse Open Sleigh” when written in 1857, Pierpont later copyrighted it as “Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh.”

‘Jingle Bells’ was not meant to be a Christmas song. The song was actually first performed at a Thanksgiving church service and was never intended to be a Christmas staple.

Read the lyrics, and you will notice there is actually no mention of Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any holiday for that matter.

The song became associated with Christmas only decades after it was performed on September 15, 1857, on Washington Street in Boston, according to a researcher at Boston University, Kyna Hamill.

» Source: CNN

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