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What holiday song includes 'dashing through the snow'?

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Jingle Bells - music illustration
Jingle Bells — music

Jingle Bells was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, and it was originally called 'One Horse Open Sleigh.' Surprisingly, it was not written as a Christmas song at all — it was meant for Thanksgiving. It was also the first song broadcast from space in 1965.