Joy-less Joy Reid gets it wrong again with claim ‘Jingle Bells’ is racist

Failed MSNBC host Joy Reid is doing her best to spoil Christmas cheer with her never-ending race-baiting hustle.

Reid shared a video of a young man standing by a site in Medford, Massachusetts, where James Lord Pierpont is believed to have written the song in 1850.

“This is where a racist Confederate soldier wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ to make fun of black people,” a caption on the video shared by Reid read. The captions continued to claim that the song was rooted in bigoted minstrel shows that were popular at the time.

According to the video, Pierpont was allegedly cash-strapped and wrote the song specifically to “mock and caricature black people trying to participate in winter activities.”

Pierpont, interestingly enough was uncle to the legendary financier J.P. Morgan, and reportedly “patented the song in 1859 and changed its name to the familiar ‘Jingle Bells’ before the start of the Civil War. the video goes on to claim that Pierpont “abandoned his family” to join the Confederate Army, and wrote Southern fight songs to “rouse men defending slavery.”

But the young man and Reid aren’t the first to make the alleged connection between the song and minstrelsy. Council Rock Primary School in upstate New York reportedly banned the song from its Christmas concert over its alleged racist roots, the New York Post reported.

JOY REID SHARES VIDEO CLAIMING “JINGLE BELLS” WAS WRITTEN “TO MAKE FUN OF BLACK PEOPLE”

They really can’t let people enjoy Christmas.

Fired MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a video to her 1.3 million Instagram followers claiming the beloved Christmas anthem “Jingle Bells” was… pic.twitter.com/EM4NaVjZPW

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 10, 2025

A quick fact check from Grok AI says Pierpont did not write “Jingle Bells” (first-titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh”) specifically for minstrel shows, but was composed in the style used for the shows at the time. And its first documented public performance was in a blackface minstrel show.

Reid was obviously eager to feed her followers the divisive red meat they apparently crave, but plenty of X users weren’t taking the bait.

Now I understand why Reid was fired. What a crock of BULLSHIT she’s spewing. What’s next “White Christmas” or “Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer”? Next Reid will accuse Santa Clause of being a slave owner and his elves work for free. She’s as stupid as Jasmine Crockett.

— jpn47 (@JohnPaul1947) December 11, 2025

You and I know she’s looking into it.

Joy Reid’s 1.3 million followers track every racist account for scraps to feed their own race-obsessed hatred. Nothing is sacred; she’ll weaponize even jingle bells on a sleigh to inflame them. Her own first name must cause her endless sorrow.

— Calamity Jane (@mugsysway) December 10, 2025

Fact check. I do not believe Joy Reid can read. Just a simple search on Grok.
Searched:
“Origins of song Jingle Bells”
Much difference from Joy Ried’s take. She is as angry about everything as Whoopi & the Pastry Shop story. All BS for attention.
Like CNN – Not to be believed.

— John (@John82386713861) December 10, 2025

Jingle Bells
Joy Reid smells
MSNBC’s ratings still lay an egg
Oh what fun..
It is to cry
About white people all damn day….

— chad luce (@chadlucemaine) December 11, 2025

Now, that’s got a ring to it.

Merry Christmas!

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