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Dec 2022
34m 56s

135.2 - The Story of "Jingle Bells"

Shana Thompson
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In today’s lesson you’re going to hear the story of the creator of Jingle Bells, his questionable character and we’ll  go through the lyrics of the song so if you want to sing it in English, you can. This is Part 2. In Part 1, we spoke about  the common English expression Bells and Whistles. ***** In December of 1965, a spacecraft called Gemini 6 was flying ... Show More
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