History behind Christmas Bells

History behind Christmas Bells

 

                Christmas Bells have a very bright history of its own. It is nowhere related to the history of Christmas but still Christmas Bells have graceful importance in the celebration of Christmas. The celebration of Christmas is incomplete without Christmas Bells. In very far history people of Pagan religion believed that the sound of bell scares the evil spirit and as per the records Bells were used as a safety weapon by people against evil spirits. Bells were used in Pagan winter festival to scare evils. As there were not many resources in the past, big weapons could not be made. But it was easy to make bells as they are dam easy. So peoples used to make bells or get it made from others. And they are affordable too.

 

                In the next era when people started harvesting and hunting, in the winter days there were no facilities of lights people were very much afraid of evils. So they used bells in the activities of keeping bad things or evils away from them so that they can live peacefully. This is an imaginary belief that people had in that time.

            As the time passed and people used new things and so bells were used for many different purposes. For example, bells were used at the time of announcing emergency, at the time of gathering people, at the time of good as well as bad events. It is believed that the sound of bells brings in positivity and eradicates negativity from the environment. In Buddhism Bells are considered as a symbol of harmony

           Since historical period there were bells in mainly many churches in all the villages. These ancient roots brought Bells into the celebration of Christmas as it is used in announcing the starting of festival and gathering people for Christmas celebration. The tradition of using Bells in celebration of Christmas started for the announcement of the birth of Jesus Christ at the Christmas festival.  One of the properties of a Church Bell is that they are around five meters in diameter. Since ancient times bells are used to be rang at the time of singing carols to give fine tunes as the sound of bell is very melodious. Kids used the bell as a means of musical instrument.

              To evidence the historical importance of Christmas Bells there is a very ancient saying that “Every time a Bell rings, an angel gets his wings”. In ancient times it was believed that whenever bell is rung the angel is given wing by God.