UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this ...

Yet the rebel's song "Jingle Bells" is so embedded in mainstream culture ... Rev. John Pierpont Jr., was minister. Pen and piano proved no match for the allure of sword and rebellion.

Flash forward now. Rahn’s daughter is playing “Jingle Bells” in Savannah on the piano decades later. Rahn glances over at the sheet music and sees a familiar name, Composer: J. Pierpont.