Twelve Blogs of Christmas, Part IV: Bells

4 CHRISTMAS BELLS!

The music of Christmas is always attached to bells!

4) Sleigh bells/Jingle Bells - This is perhaps the most jolly of all bells. They are small and ment to make music as you move about. Making mere locomotion a musical experience. Santa is well known to have worn these as well as Ruth in my office whose socks are jiggle belled.

3) Dinner Bells - You've already seen a whole blog about food, so why not ring the bell. Although, I'm not sure anyone actually rings a dinnerbell anymore. There is a bell up in Long John Silvers but you ring it if you are happy with the service after the meal. Mmm... fish and hush puppies.

2) Doorbells - I love family and friends being home. We can all see each other and what not. And there is always a chance the door bell is the UPS man with a gift from Aunt Edna.

1) Church/Choir Bells - This is the reason bells are so closely related to Christmas. There are a lot of carols about bells too. In fact if we don't have real bells handy people are happy to sing "Ding Dong Ding Ding" "jingle jingle jingle" and even "ting-a-ling."

I've refrained thus far from going into a diatribe about Christ being removed from "the Holidays" but the bells bring it back home. In the words of Jim Carey on Conan O'Brien last night when Conan said Happy Holidays, "What you can't say CHRIST-mas? Well have a Christy, Christy good time on this the day we celebrate the birth of our Lord JESUS!"

Thanks to Ann Hansen for suggesting this category. Merry Christmas!
(Only three blogs till Christmas!)