History Main / SnowySleighBells

* Used in an eyecatch for the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics", along with a title card [[Soundtrack Dissonance apparently intended to parody]] ''Franchise/StarWars''.

** This trope applies to the snow theme in all of the game styles of ''SuperMarioMaker2'', including the new chiptune compositions for the 8- and 16-bit styles, as well as the remixes in the level making mode.

* The music playing on the frosty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPxH07IxeUw&index=425&list=PLbjp_k_WffD0lDor0FSSmECAgLpsLNPT9 Icicle Mountain]]stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', originating from ''VideoGame/IceClimber'', features very prominent sleigh bells.

* The music playing on the frosty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPxH07IxeUw&index=425&list=PLbjp_k_WffD0lDor0FSSmECAgLpsLNPT9 Icicle Mountain]]stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', originating from ''VideoGame/IceClimbers'', features very prominent sleigh bells.

* ''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 rhythmed by jingle bells.
* ''VideoGames/MetroidPrime'' has Phendrana Drifts, an icy desolate landscape with music that doesn't really sound like Christmas but does indeed feature sleigh bells.

One good way to recognize winter-themed musics is the presence of jingly sleigh bells (also known as jingle bells) in the soundtrack.

For more musical location associations, see JungleJazz and RegionalRiff.

* Sleigh bells are pretty rare in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series in comparison to the number of stages themed on cold and ice over the years, more often opting for chimes or electric guitar. However, they do exist:

** Creator/GregLake plundered ''Troika'' as the main theme for his seasonal hit, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKGc0-PUp8 I Believe in Father Christmas]]''.

* Classical music gives us the second movement of Prokofiev's ''Lieutenant Kijé'' suite: ''Troika ride'' is an evocation of a horse-drawn Russian sleigh charging through the snow. this is so evocative of Winter - the orchestral percussionist is kept busy ringing sleigh bells throughout - that it has become synonymous with Christmas.
** Creator/GregLake plundered ''troika'' as the main theme for his seasonal hit, ''I Believe in Father Christmas''.

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** As one could expect, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhc9gtE-FY4 Wonderland of Snow]], the theme playing during the title card of [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E6SnowballEffectOneKrabsTrash Snowball Effect]]'', as well as the theme playing during the montage of a snow-covered Bikini Bottom both feature very prominent sleigh bells.

Incredibly common in SlippySlideyIceWorld levels in video games, as well as in ChristmasSongs.

* Evoked in "Winter Wonderland" with the rhyme "Sleigh bells ring are you listening / In the lane snow is glistening".

** 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.

Incredibly common in SlippySlideyIceWorld levels in video games, as well as in Christmas songs.

* 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..."

* The musical comic [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/388-ice-world/ Ice World]] from ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' is a "celebration" of {{Slippy Slidey Ice World}}s which is, you guessed it, rythmed by sleigh bells.

* The musical comic [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/388-ice-world/ Ice World]] from ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' is a "celebration" of {{SlippySlideyIceWorld}}s which is, you guessed it, rythmed by sleigh bells.