that he wrote his popular winter song for his father's Sunday School class for Thanksgiving and it proved so popular that it was sung again at Christmas time. One of Pierpont's friends called the ...

“Hymns, songs and poems honoring Jesus ... "O Little Town of Bethlehem' was written and composed for a Sunday school Christmas service. The lyrics describe the night of Jesus' birth in the ...

However, the meaning behind the iconic Christmas tune has no original ... Some sources say Pierpont originally wrote the song for his father’s Sunday school choir, gearing up for a Thanksgiving ...