Steve Webb: This is day 14 of the 2022 encore of the 2009
season of the Lifespring Why Christmas show. And I'm the OG
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Welcome back, it's day 14 of the Lifespring Why Christmas show.
And I'm Steve Webb. I'll be your host today. Have you sent in
your Christmas trivia answers from show number nine. Remember
we'll be drawing a name from Santa's hat on the Christmas Day
show. And what does the winner get? Well how about an
autographed Bryan Duncan A NehoSou Christmas CD.
Autographed by Bryan, not James or I. Well, unless you want me
to sign it too. I'll be there when Bryan signs it, so if you
want my autograph, I'll do it. Though. I have no idea why
anyone would want me to sign it. If you do want me to sign, note
that in your email when you send your answers in. We'll be
closing the contest on December 23 At midnight, Pacific Standard
Time. Today we're talking about Christmas bells. Lots of our
Christmas carols mentioned bells. There's the song Silver
Bells. I heard the bells on Christmas Day. There's Jingle
Bells and lots of others. And bells are a common decoration
for Christmas. Why is that? Well, church bells are typically
run to announce a major event or occasion. They're run on both
happy and sad occasions including both weddings and
funerals. Bells are rung at Christmas to announce and
celebrate the birth of Jesus. Makes sense. And as with some
other Christian customs, some say that the ringing of bells
can be traced back to a pagan tradition. Pagans would ring
bells to keep evil spirits away, and ringing bells was part of
many pagan winter celebrations. In Victorian times, it was very
fashionable to go carol singing with small handbills to play the
tune of the carol. Sometimes there would be only the bells
and no singing. And bell ringing is still popular today. And it's
one of my favorite parts of Christmas. Can you imagine
Christmas without bells? Why that'd be unthinkable. Tomorrow,
James and I will have a jolly old time as we talk about
Christmas crackers. And this is a show you won't want to miss.
We'll see you tomorrow.