Jingle Bells - Wikipedia " Jingle Bells " is an American song and one of the most commonly sung [1] Christmas songs in the world It was written by James Lord Pierpont It is an unsettled question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells" [2] It was published under the title " The One Horse Open Sleigh " in September 1857 Although it has no original connection to