There is a movement afoot to ring bells on Christmas Eve. I read this morning on Patch.com that my town, Lawrence Township, NJ, is encouraging residents to go outside and ring a bell for two minutes at 6:00pm on December 24th. The township says that communities around the world are participating. The idea is to “spread a message of hope and peace.”
My first thought was, “I don’t think we have a bell,” and my second was “How many families do?” But the township has an answer for that: they’re going to hang bells on one tree in each of the township’s five parks and are inviting residents to take one and bring it home to ring on Christmas Eve.
Hope and peace, eh? OK, I’m in.