James Lord Pierpont Hollis Street Unitarian Church in Boston, an abolitionist and a poet. Robert Fulghum confused James with his father in the book "It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It" (1989); erroneously attributing the authorship of "Jingle Bells" to the Rev. John Pierpont. James' mother was Mary Sheldon Lord, the daughter of Lynde Lord, Jr. (1762–1813), and Mary Lyman. James was the uncle of the financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan. John and Mary Pierpont had six children. In 1832, James was sent to a boarding school in New Hampshire. He wrote a letter to his mother about riding
Christmas in Our Hearts make it a silver jubilee song for the Assumption High School Class of 1963. He described "Ang Tubig ay Buhay" as a very beautiful poem, which is why he found it easy to compose a tune for it: Before production started, Chan had attended Mass at Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati, when songwriter Rina Cañiza knocked on his car window. Canizal later wrote the words of "Christmas in Our Hearts" using Chan's melody for "Ang Tubig ay Buhay". "Christmas in Our Hearts" is the best-selling album not only by Chan, but by an Original Pilipino Music (OPM)