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* Video game music analyst Jake Butineau has a video discussing this trope: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URnNcXvn5K4 "Why I Hate Winter Level Music"]]. He argues that the "Instant winter, just add sleigh bells!" approach has been overused to the point of cliche, and feels that VG musicians are ignoring all the ''other'' ways they could evoke the mood of winter.
-->'''Jake:''' This is called a sleigh bell. You may have heard it in every Christmas song, ever.
* Video game music analyst Jake Butineau has a video discussing this trope: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URnNcXvn5K4 "Why I Hate Winter Level Music"]]. He argues that the "Instant winter, just add sleigh bells!" approach has been overused to the point of cliche, and feels that VG musicians are ignoring all the ''other'' ways they could evoke the mood of winter.
-->'''Jake:''' This is called a sleigh bell. You may have heard it in every Christmas song, ever.
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* A '''lot''' of Christmas songs use sleigh bells as a part of their instrumentation, with Jingle Bells as the prime example.
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* Evoked in the Winter Wonderland song with the rhyme "Sleigh bells ring are you listening / In the lane snow is glistening".
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* Downplayed in the Norwegian Christmas song/parody "Julekveld i skogen" by Rolf Just Nilsen, where sleigh bells are only used as part of the instrumentation in the verses that describe someone arriving in a sleigh.
* Evoked inthe Winter Wonderland song "Winter Wonderland" with the rhyme "Sleigh bells ring are you listening / In the lane snow is glistening".
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** Sleigh bells ring rhythmically through the entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2E6MsGg9Wo song playing in the frigid Shiveria]] in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. When outside of town, where there is almost no music, distant sleigh bells can be heard.
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** Sleigh bells ring rhythmically through the entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2E6MsGg9Wo com/watch?v=p-QSe_LE5gY song playing in the frigid Shiveria]] in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. When outside of town, where there is almost no music, distant sleigh bells can be heard.
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** The music playing during the frigid Secret Mine's boss fight in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' features rather discrete sleigh bells as percussion.
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* In ''VideoGame/BigFunInFurbyland'', the remix of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Hungarian Dance n°5'' that plays during the wintry second level on ''In the Clouds'' has discrete snowbells rythming the song.
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* In ''VideoGame/BigFunInFurbyland'', the remix of Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Hungarian "Hungarian Dance n°5'' n°5" that plays during the wintry second level on ''In the Clouds'' has discrete snowbells rythming the song.
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* In ''VideoGame/BigFunInFurbyland'', the remix of ''Creator/JohannesBrahms''' ''Hungarian Dance n°5'' that plays during the wintry second level on ''In the Clouds'' has discrete snowbells rythming the song.
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* In ''VideoGame/BigFunInFurbyland'', the remix of ''Creator/JohannesBrahms''' Creator/JohannesBrahms' ''Hungarian Dance n°5'' that plays during the wintry second level on ''In the Clouds'' has discrete snowbells rythming the song.
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** The music playing during the frigid Secret Mine's boss fight in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' features rather discrete sleigh bells as percussion.
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* The opening of the ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho'' episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a special, carol version of the regular opening, with very prominent sleigh bells.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'':
** The opening of the ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho''episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a special, carol version of the regular opening, with very prominent sleigh bells.
** As one could expect, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhc9gtE-FY4 Wonderland of Snow]], the theme playing during the title card of [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E5SnowballEffectOneKrabsTrash Snowball Effect]]'', as well as the theme playing during the montage of a snow-covered Bikini Bottom both feature very prominent sleigh bells.
** The opening of the ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho''
** As one could expect, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhc9gtE-FY4 Wonderland of Snow]], the theme playing during the title card of [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E5SnowballEffectOneKrabsTrash Snowball Effect]]'', as well as the theme playing during the montage of a snow-covered Bikini Bottom both feature very prominent sleigh bells.
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** So does the theme that plays during Snowman's bingo.
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuT9QoWWgk theme]] that plays during Bayonetta's last-minute Christmas shopping spree in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' is rythmed by sleigh bells.
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** Faint sleigh bells can be heard in the background of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHYIT4JctE Ice Ruins]] track from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''. Some also ring when Dharkstare summons icy sattelites.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtFr8Ri4I cheery theme]] played during the ice bowling minigame in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has upbeat sleigh bells.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtFr8Ri4I cheery theme]] played during the ice bowling minigame in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has upbeat sleigh bells.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtFr8Ri4I cheery theme]] played during the ice bowlingminigame mini-game in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has upbeat sleigh bells.
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** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
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** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically through the song. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hej8cQRMPSU Animal Crossing winter music]] gets the same treatment.
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** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically rhythmically through the song. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hej8cQRMPSU Animal Crossing winter music]] gets the same treatment.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2lGLh2Y84 Snow Land]], from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSnbOVj9Tk remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' are very upbeat wintery tracks, and sleigh bells are the only percussions than are used.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2lGLh2Y84 Snow Land]], from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSnbOVj9Tk remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' are very upbeat wintery tracks, and sleigh bells are the only percussions than are used. percussion instrument that is used.
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* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl6TWZMrbU A Little Light Snowfall]], as well as the frozen World 5's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ZHlGqgy-c map theme]] both are rythmed by jingle bells.
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* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl6TWZMrbU A Little Light Snowfall]], as well as the frozen World 5's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ZHlGqgy-c map theme]] both are rythmed rhythmed by jingle bells.
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* [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc "Tire and Ice"]] from ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' has faint sleigh bells, but they're mostly drowned out by everything else going on in the song.
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** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q&index=19&list=PL8270A5CCBAE70F4B Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q&index=19&list=PL8270A5CCBAE70F4B Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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**''VideoGame/{{Harmoknight}}'' has [[https://youtu.be/ftqA4-f9OYE "A Frosty Reception & Winter Wonderland"]]. The theme playing world it plays in is even ''named'' "Sleighbell Slopes", and some of the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q&index=19&list=PL8270A5CCBAE70F4B Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features enemies there are even shaped like sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.bells!
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** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Harmoknight}}'' has [[https://youtu.be/ftqA4-f9OYE "A Frosty Reception & Winter Wonderland"]]. The world it plays in is even ''named'' "Sleighbell Slopes", and some of the enemies there are even shaped like sleigh bells!
* [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc "Tire and Ice"]] from ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' has faint sleigh bells, but they're mostly drowned out by everything else going on in the song.
* [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc "Tire and Ice"]] from ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' has faint sleigh bells, but they're mostly drowned out by everything else going on in the song.
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* [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc "Tire and Ice"]] from ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' has faint sleigh bells, but they're mostly drowned out by everything else going on in the song.
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* [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc "Tire and Ice"]] from ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' has faint sleigh bells, but they're mostly drowned out by everything else going on in the song.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Harmoknight}}'' has [[https://youtu.be/ftqA4-f9OYE "A Frosty Reception & Winter Wonderland"]]. The world it plays in is even ''named'' "Sleighbell Slopes", and some of the enemies there are even shaped like sleigh bells!
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* An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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* VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}:
** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q&index=19&list=PL8270A5CCBAE70F4B Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q&index=19&list=PL8270A5CCBAE70F4B Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
** An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
** The theme playing in the snowy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUT6OtEiy6Q Valley of Repose]] in ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' features sleigh bells as its percussions.
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}]] series'':
** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings]]]'' has sleigh bells playing through the track. It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' kept them as well.
** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings]]]'' has sleigh bells playing through the track. It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' kept them as well.
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}]] ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} series'':
** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings]]]'' ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings'' has sleigh bells playing through the track. It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' kept them as well.
** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in
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** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings]]]'' has sleigh bells playing through the track. It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' kept them as well.
** ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' has the theme music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtKQ4InhUE Winters]], where Jeff and his father reside.
** The beautiful theme played in the wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieapBou_3cs Snowman]] in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings]]]'' has sleigh bells playing through the track. It's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' kept them as well.
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* An easy-to-miss example hails from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Hey! Pikmin]]'''s Snowfall Field third level, during which Olimar and Flying Pikmins snowboard down a moutain: each time a Pikmin breaks a layer of the giant snowball that tumbles down with them, sleigh bells do ring.
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** Faint sleigh bells can be heard in the background of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHYIT4JctE Ice Ruins]] track from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.
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** Faint sleigh bells can be heard in the background of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHYIT4JctE Ice Ruins]] track from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''. Some also ring when Dharkstare summons icy sattelites.
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* ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'' has these in the Slipshod Slopes theme, as well as the faster Freezing Fields one.
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* ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'': The obligatory ice world in this game was called Diamond Dust, and the Saturn and PC versions of the game had light, jingling bells as part of their soundtrack.
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** ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'': The obligatory ice world in this game was called Diamond Dust, and the Saturn and PC versions of the game had light, jingling bells as part of theirsoundtrack.soundtrack.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_eeA-PQmiM Snowy Mountain]]," though it's not used to set the rhythm and is mainly there for flavor.
** The bells can be heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLNHF-kcHU Twinkle Snow Zone Act 1]]" in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceSeries Sonic Advance 3]]'' but is absent in Acts 2 and 3.
** In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', sleigh bells can be heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QyJjMOEcY Holoska's hub area the the daytime]]. They're absent at night.
** Used as the primary percussion instrument in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'''s Frozen Factory stages, as can be heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1HUDuzyrk Frozen Factory Zone 1]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-b_1yfJU0g Snowball Waltz]]."
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** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_eeA-PQmiM Snowy Mountain]]," though it's not used to set the rhythm and is mainly there for flavor.
** The bells can be heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLNHF-kcHU Twinkle Snow Zone Act 1]]" in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceSeries Sonic Advance 3]]'' but is absent in Acts 2 and 3.
** In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', sleigh bells can be heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QyJjMOEcY Holoska's hub area the the daytime]]. They're absent at night.
** Used as the primary percussion instrument in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'''s Frozen Factory stages, as can be heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1HUDuzyrk Frozen Factory Zone 1]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-b_1yfJU0g Snowball Waltz]]."
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* Sleigh bells ring rythmically through the entire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2E6MsGg9Wo song playing in the frigid Shiveria]] in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. When outside of town, where there is almost no music, distant sleigh bells can be heard.
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** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically through the song.
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** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically through the song. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hej8cQRMPSU Animal Crossing winter music]] gets the same treatment.
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* Sleigh bells are used in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VquLba1wVM Snowball Fight theme]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiorSf4WSQ Core Luge theme]] from the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' series, since both activities are heavily related to winter and ice.
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* Sleigh bells are used in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri5RiZw0RQM Penguin Slide theme]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VquLba1wVM Snowball Fight theme]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiorSf4WSQ Core Luge theme]] from the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' series, since both all these activities are heavily related to winter and ice.
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One good way to recognize winter-themed musics is the presence of jingly sleigh bells (also known as jingle bells) in the soundtrack.
These little bells were first used on horse-drawn vehicles to warn bypassers about the arrival of the carriage and most importantly the sleighs (hence the name), as the vehicle would otherwise make no sound at all. The relation between these bells and sleighs might be the origin of this trope and is the premise of the most famous Christmas song of them all: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells Jingle Bells]].
Incredibly common in SlippySlideyIceWorld levels in video games, as well as in Christmas songs.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The Christmas episode of ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons'' has sleigh bells during the interludes between the "Christmas at the Montgomery's'' segments. The Christmas episode of "[[ShowWithinAShow Medical Drama]]" also features sleigh bells each time Brett says the word "Christmas".
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* A '''lot''' of Christmas songs use sleigh bells as a part of their instrumentation, with Jingle Bells as the prime example.
* Evoked in the opening of "Sleigh Ride" : "Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling, too..."
* Music/SufjanStevens not only uses sleigh bells on many songs from his ''Songs for Christmas'' box set, but also writes about them in the liner notes, mentioning that playing them properly isn't as easy as you'd think.
* Evoked in the Winter Wonderland song with the rhyme "Sleigh bells ring are you listening / In the lane snow is glistening".
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUwkx7vQiFM Christmas theme]] from the very first Animal Crossing game makes a heavy use of sleigh bells. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCYkAOvmFo The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ3v579wzAo remixes]] from the song from ''City Folk'' and ''New Leaf'' do as well, but with less emphasis on the bells.
** Several hourly music tracks include sleigh bells when it is snowing.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' has sleigh bells in all wintery themes.
* The frozen Forest Folly's track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHxCaid4z8U Freezy Breezie]]" in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has some discrete sleigh bells ringing throughout the song.
* The Christmas level on ''VideoGame/DoodleJump'' has sleigh bells playing in the background.
* Sleigh bells ring each time the player freezes a Zoog in ''VideoGame/IgglePop''.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7yYuH9D3U Frozen Hillside's track]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' has a sleigh bell ring three times in the background before a {{Beat}}, followed by the bell ringing three more times.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-Rmi2_fmc Most]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9NralDMew of the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnIu0S1ths levels]] in the well-named Snow Land in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' have a soundtrack heavily featuring sleigh bells.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5UeyI9iOes Snowy Zone]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' has a beat made up of sleigh bell rings that have been cut in half to add to the song's pace.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbUEtAPdW-g Snowball Scuffle]], from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', as well as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvwp7L5uXaE remix]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'', makes sure to start off with sleigh bells to set the mood for the ice level.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dqI2Fa9fw ice theme]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' is a remix of the normal overworld thing with only one thing to differentiate it: sleigh bells, a staple of magical elf culture.
** The icy Anouki Village's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSHX30mXs4 theme]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' features jingle bells in some segments.
** Faint sleigh bells can be heard in the background of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHYIT4JctE Ice Ruins]] track from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtFr8Ri4I cheery theme]] played during the ice bowling minigame in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has upbeat sleigh bells.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1-KSTXPYM Several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVy4_3nIVw songs]] playing in the frozen [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Powdered Peaks]] in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' feature sleigh bells.
* The beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWK7L-XzRcY music]] that plays in the icy Snowbelle City in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' features a sleigh bells in at the beginning and the middle of the song.
* ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'': The obligatory ice world in this game was called Diamond Dust, and the Saturn and PC versions of the game had light, jingling bells as part of their soundtrack.
* The Atlantis Deep-Sea Cruise is a polar fishing spot in the ''VideoGame/StreetpassMiiPlaza'' game ''Ultimate Angler'', and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIUDZGjN3Y8&list=PL997rjsj8no0SyrB0c55UmYpm-C8uWtpH&index=58 music]] features discrete jingle bells in the background.
* Used very often in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise:
** ''Videogame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker'' frosty levels have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wHdnht5KQ wintery remix]] of the game's main theme featuring sleigh bells. The opening segment of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWLB7LCymYE Blizzard on the Snow Express]]'s track features some sleigh bells as well.
** The ''depressing'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKvvVJ-gGE theme]] from the destroyed, Christmas-themed Hollijolli Village from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' features sleigh bells.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7NepeWLuTU theme]] for the frozen Frappe Snowland and Sherbet Land from ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' has sleigh bells throughout the entire track.
** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically through the song.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hClfiTRnz4 theme]] that plays on the ''Chilly Waters'' board in ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'' has sleigh bells ringing throughout the entire song.
** Basically every snow-related track from the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series have sleigh bells.
** [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Fahr Outpost]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKzxYGIVkbI theme]] in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' features extremely prominent sleigh bells.
** So do [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMPiRGepvfY most of the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFp7kt4G-Ck musics]] playing during the icy World 4 in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2lGLh2Y84 Snow Land]], from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSnbOVj9Tk remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' are very upbeat wintery tracks, and sleigh bells are the only percussions than are used.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgbVzp7_kqc Freezy Flake Galaxy's theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' has sleigh bells making sporadic appearances throughout the song.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVD8aHvlVA Christmas theme]] from ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' is punctuated by sleigh bells.
* Sleigh bells are used in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VquLba1wVM Snowball Fight theme]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiorSf4WSQ Core Luge theme]] from the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' series, since both activities are heavily related to winter and ice.
* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl6TWZMrbU A Little Light Snowfall]], as well as the frozen World 5's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ZHlGqgy-c map theme]] both are rythmed by jingle bells.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The opening of the ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho'' episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a special, carol version of the regular opening, with very prominent sleigh bells.
These little bells were first used on horse-drawn vehicles to warn bypassers about the arrival of the carriage and most importantly the sleighs (hence the name), as the vehicle would otherwise make no sound at all. The relation between these bells and sleighs might be the origin of this trope and is the premise of the most famous Christmas song of them all: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells Jingle Bells]].
Incredibly common in SlippySlideyIceWorld levels in video games, as well as in Christmas songs.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The Christmas episode of ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons'' has sleigh bells during the interludes between the "Christmas at the Montgomery's'' segments. The Christmas episode of "[[ShowWithinAShow Medical Drama]]" also features sleigh bells each time Brett says the word "Christmas".
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* A '''lot''' of Christmas songs use sleigh bells as a part of their instrumentation, with Jingle Bells as the prime example.
* Evoked in the opening of "Sleigh Ride" : "Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling, too..."
* Music/SufjanStevens not only uses sleigh bells on many songs from his ''Songs for Christmas'' box set, but also writes about them in the liner notes, mentioning that playing them properly isn't as easy as you'd think.
* Evoked in the Winter Wonderland song with the rhyme "Sleigh bells ring are you listening / In the lane snow is glistening".
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUwkx7vQiFM Christmas theme]] from the very first Animal Crossing game makes a heavy use of sleigh bells. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCYkAOvmFo The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ3v579wzAo remixes]] from the song from ''City Folk'' and ''New Leaf'' do as well, but with less emphasis on the bells.
** Several hourly music tracks include sleigh bells when it is snowing.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' has sleigh bells in all wintery themes.
* The frozen Forest Folly's track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHxCaid4z8U Freezy Breezie]]" in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has some discrete sleigh bells ringing throughout the song.
* The Christmas level on ''VideoGame/DoodleJump'' has sleigh bells playing in the background.
* Sleigh bells ring each time the player freezes a Zoog in ''VideoGame/IgglePop''.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7yYuH9D3U Frozen Hillside's track]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' has a sleigh bell ring three times in the background before a {{Beat}}, followed by the bell ringing three more times.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-Rmi2_fmc Most]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9NralDMew of the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnIu0S1ths levels]] in the well-named Snow Land in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' have a soundtrack heavily featuring sleigh bells.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5UeyI9iOes Snowy Zone]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' has a beat made up of sleigh bell rings that have been cut in half to add to the song's pace.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbUEtAPdW-g Snowball Scuffle]], from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', as well as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvwp7L5uXaE remix]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'', makes sure to start off with sleigh bells to set the mood for the ice level.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dqI2Fa9fw ice theme]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' is a remix of the normal overworld thing with only one thing to differentiate it: sleigh bells, a staple of magical elf culture.
** The icy Anouki Village's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSHX30mXs4 theme]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' features jingle bells in some segments.
** Faint sleigh bells can be heard in the background of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHYIT4JctE Ice Ruins]] track from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtFr8Ri4I cheery theme]] played during the ice bowling minigame in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has upbeat sleigh bells.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1-KSTXPYM Several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVy4_3nIVw songs]] playing in the frozen [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Powdered Peaks]] in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' feature sleigh bells.
* The beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWK7L-XzRcY music]] that plays in the icy Snowbelle City in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' features a sleigh bells in at the beginning and the middle of the song.
* ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'': The obligatory ice world in this game was called Diamond Dust, and the Saturn and PC versions of the game had light, jingling bells as part of their soundtrack.
* The Atlantis Deep-Sea Cruise is a polar fishing spot in the ''VideoGame/StreetpassMiiPlaza'' game ''Ultimate Angler'', and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIUDZGjN3Y8&list=PL997rjsj8no0SyrB0c55UmYpm-C8uWtpH&index=58 music]] features discrete jingle bells in the background.
* Used very often in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise:
** ''Videogame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker'' frosty levels have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wHdnht5KQ wintery remix]] of the game's main theme featuring sleigh bells. The opening segment of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWLB7LCymYE Blizzard on the Snow Express]]'s track features some sleigh bells as well.
** The ''depressing'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKvvVJ-gGE theme]] from the destroyed, Christmas-themed Hollijolli Village from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' features sleigh bells.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7NepeWLuTU theme]] for the frozen Frappe Snowland and Sherbet Land from ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' has sleigh bells throughout the entire track.
** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aFsq648SM remix]] of the GCN Sherbet Land racetrack has joyful sleigh bells ringing rythmically through the song.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hClfiTRnz4 theme]] that plays on the ''Chilly Waters'' board in ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'' has sleigh bells ringing throughout the entire song.
** Basically every snow-related track from the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series have sleigh bells.
** [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Fahr Outpost]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKzxYGIVkbI theme]] in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' features extremely prominent sleigh bells.
** So do [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMPiRGepvfY most of the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFp7kt4G-Ck musics]] playing during the icy World 4 in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2lGLh2Y84 Snow Land]], from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSnbOVj9Tk remix]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' are very upbeat wintery tracks, and sleigh bells are the only percussions than are used.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgbVzp7_kqc Freezy Flake Galaxy's theme]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' has sleigh bells making sporadic appearances throughout the song.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVD8aHvlVA Christmas theme]] from ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' is punctuated by sleigh bells.
* Sleigh bells are used in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VquLba1wVM Snowball Fight theme]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiorSf4WSQ Core Luge theme]] from the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' series, since both activities are heavily related to winter and ice.
* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl6TWZMrbU A Little Light Snowfall]], as well as the frozen World 5's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ZHlGqgy-c map theme]] both are rythmed by jingle bells.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The opening of the ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasWho'' episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' is a special, carol version of the regular opening, with very prominent sleigh bells.
