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For decades there’s been a feud between Medford, Massachusetts and Savannah, Georgia over where James Pierpont wrote "Jingle Bells."

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Jingle Bells' Was Written in a Tavern in Massachusetts

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Debunking the local myth about where 'Jingle Bells' was written

Jingle Bells' Was Written in a Tavern in Massachusetts

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