Christmas bells

 

Traditional Christmas holiday celebration cannot be completed without Christmas Bells. The bells are an integral part of Christmas festival. Bells are also omnipresent during the occasion. During the entire Christmas season, wherever you go, you can find attractive bells of all shapes and sizes. Right from jingle bells, silver bells to sleigh bells, these bells will give you the real glimpse of spirit of Christmas. Places like shopping malls, restaurants, households etc will be producing sweet sounds of bells. Even gift items, shops windows, greeting cards, gift papers will be plastered with wonderful images of bells.

To top it all, one can even witness bell shaped candy dishes, tree ornaments and decorations. That in short, sums up the importance of bells in the grand scheme of Christmas festival. Bells have always been an important part of this celebrated festival since the time immemorial.

If we go back to the history pages to find out the origin of bells, the first mention of it directs us to the pagan culture. Bells were initially used as a protection against evil spirits during the months of winter and autumn. The underlying belief was that loud noise created by bells will ward off evil spirits. It was used on a mass scale because of its availability. With the passage of time, use of bells also changed. From being used to keep evil spirits at bay, it was started to be used as a way to celebrate festivals. This tradition also spread to other culture and since it has remained in existence. Even ancient techniques like Feng Sui, places special emphasis on use of bells.

Soon, churches started to use bells during every happy occasion. The widespread popularity of bells can also be attributed to it being inexpensive. Compared to other musical instruments used to create sound, bells never costed much and thus it became a useful alternative. Because of its soothing and happy musical sound, bells were used in Christmas carolling. Its importance can be further witnessed in eight reindeer of Santa Clause. All eight reindeers wore numerous small bells that were also known as jingle bells. In true sense, Christmas bells are a way to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. No wonder, bells are integral part of traditional Christmas celebrations..

 

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