Christmas bells are a traditional part of the holiday season, and they are remembered in such classic holiday songs as Jingle Bells and Silver Bells. There are so many different ways in which you can use and display Christmas bells around the Christmas holidays, and you can really use your imagination to come up with new and innovative ideas for your own home.

Buying Christmas Bells

If you need to head out and purchase some Christmas bells, there are a few places in particular that you are going to want to look, one being Christmas Lights and Decorations, a company which not only offers bells but as well a variety of other decorations, including lights, ornaments, gift wrapping, Christmas plants, Christmas trees, Christmas candles, and do-it-yourself Christmas projects.

1 cup of warm unseasoned mashed potatoes
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of vanilla
2 lbs. of confectioners’ sugar
Flavoring (optional)
Coconut (optional)
Chopped nuts (optional)
Dipping chocolate

Combine potatoes, salt and vanilla in a 4 quart mixing bowl.
Sift confectioners’ sugar over potato, stirring and adding about 1 cup at a time.
Mixture will liquefy when first sugar is added, then gradually begin to thicken.
When it becomes the consistency of stiff dough, knead it even though all of the sugar hasn’t been added or add more sugar to make a stiff dough if needed.
Add flavoring, coconut or chopped nuts and mix thoroughly.
After kneading, cover with a damp cloth; chill until a small amount can be rolled into a ball.
Shape in small balls and dip in melted chocolate, roll in chopped nuts or coconut if desired.

Noah Biorkman celebrated Christmas early this year. Last weekend, the 5-year-old, who is in the final stages of Neuroblastoma cancer, celebrated the holiday with his family. They believe that December will come too late for the little boy and put out a call to family and friends to send Christmas cards early this year, so that the boy would have a chance to open them, CNN reports.

The family’s mailbox has since been flooded with Christmas cards to Noah and gifts from strangers around the world hoping to make Noah’s last Christmas an extra-special one: