An upstate New York public school chose not to include "Jingle Bells" in its repertoire of Christmas songs after linking the tune’s origins to 19th century minstrel shows, according to a local report.

Brighton Central School District Superintendent Kevin McGowan defended the decision of teachers who removed the classic holiday song “Jingle Bells” from their curriculum due to research revealing it ...

BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton Central School District is addressing the use, or lack thereof, of the holiday classic song “Jingle Bells” in its curriculum. In a letter to families on the BCSD ...

The story quoted Council Rock principal Matt Tappon as saying the song had been replaced with other songs that didn’t have “the potential to be controversial or offensive.” When told by the Beacon of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Brighton Central School District Superintendent Kevin McGowan is defending a primary school's decision to drop secular holiday classic “Jingle Bells” from its curriculum. The story ...

An elementary school in New York decided to remove "Jingle Bells" from its curriculum because of concerns about the song's potential to be "controversial or offensive." The Rochester Beacon was first ...

The temperatures may have been chilly Wednesday night, but the Christmas cheer and voices of the children of Zion’s Cause ...