Joy Reid Reposts Viral Video Calling 'Jingle Bells' Racist as Christmas Carol Faces New Scrutiny

Joy Reid reposts viral video calling 'Jingle Bells' racist as Christmas carol faces new scrutiny

Joy Reid shared a viral video claiming 'Jingle Bells' has racist origins, but academic Kyna Hamill says her research on the Christmas carol is being misrepresented.

Joy Reid Promotes 'Jingle Bells' as Being Racist

A video on social media that claims the Christmas song Jingle Bells is racist material and was written to mock Black people was shared by former MSNBC host Joy Reid.

Nolte: Joy Reid Posts Video About How ‘Jingle Bells’ Is Racist

Joy Reid sent out a video to her 1.3 million social media followers that claims “Jingle Bells” is racist.

'Jingle Bells' is racist, claims video shared by Joy Reid — sparking ...

‘Jingle Bells’: The Christmas Classic With A Controversial Past

“Nobody embraced Christmas as my father did,” said Nancy Sinatra of Frank, a singer who remains indelibly associated with the holiday season. One of Frank Sinatra’s first Christmas songs was a version of the Victorian classic “Jingle Bells,” which he first recorded in 1948, merrily singing the famous lines “Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way/Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh” on a hot August day. That original ver…