Christmas Carol Of The Bells Meaning

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I love Christmas, don’t you? I love putting up all the lovely decorations. I love seeing all the food, and eating it. I love having all my family gather in one place and spending time together. I love hearing songs of the season on the radio. The Christmas carol “Carol of the Bells” created by Mykola Leontovych, tells of the peace and joy Christ brings.
The history and background of “Carol of the bells” is quite interesting. The background of the song I weird. First of it wasn’t originally a Christmas song. It was just a song at first about a swallow (bird) entering a house. You are probably wondering what the song was like. It was a haunting 4 note tune created for in the home town and country of Mykola Leontovych. The question is where was …show more content…

I mean fast like the way people usually sing it. Also it seems fast because the song is short. I also like that the song is peaceful. It is peaceful in the sense that it is calm. It is not too loud and there is soft singing. This song also helps me think. It helps me think because it is silent and the people don’t sing very loudly so I don’t focus on the words. I love the attitude in the song. It is calm happy and joyus. I love the description of the atmosphere and how are people are behaving. There are different renditions to this song but I have two favorites. One is by metallica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GufRiBUZQPc and the other is by the Pentatonics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUFzC6_fp8. That is why “Carol of the Bells” resonates with …show more content…

There is quite a lot of symbolism in this song. One major symbolism is joyfulness. Here is a stanza that shows joy dullness. Ding, ding, ding, dong, that is their song With joyful ring all caroling One seems to hear words of good cheer From everywhere filling the air. This is another example, Oh, how they pound, raising the sound O'er hill and dale, telling their tale Gaily they ring while people sing Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here. This song also symbolizes the attitude of the people. In the song they are happy and they talk about the good things of christmas. There is also a really intriguing message. The song talks about what we should do during Christmas. The song says people should sing carols and throw cares away. It also tells us how and why we should do it. It says to joyfully sing and throw cares away so we can have a good time. You can even find scripture that ties into what the song is saying. One example is Psalms 47:1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! A stanza from the song that correlates with this is With joyful ring all caroling One seems to hear words of good cheer From everywhere filling the air. Apart from a separate stanza that still relates to this is, people sing Songs of good cheer. Another example is Philippians 4:8. Philippians 4:8 says Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever

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