Flash forward now. Rahn’s daughter is playing “Jingle Bells” in Savannah on the piano decades later. Rahn glances over at the sheet music and sees a familiar name, Composer: J. Pierpont.

Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became associated with the holiday season some time after James Lord Pierpont penned “Jingle Bells ... Plucky piano chords and a gospel background ...

(KFVS) - Join the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Piano Ensemble for an evening ... “Sleigh Ride,” an unusual setting of “Jingle Bells,” three Christmas carols arranged by Norman ...