Gaia and I watched The Fraggle Rock holiday special “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” on Netflix today. I thought it was really good. I always thought it was a shame that Fraggle Rock wasn’t a more beloved franchise.

I offer this line of dialogue for you to reflect on over your own Festival of the Bells.

Cantus the Minstrel: Last year the cold came and it went away, just as it always did. What is different this year?

Gobo: Nothing. Except, we didn’t ring our bells. But what good does ringing our bells do? There’ no Great Bell at the center of the rock.

Cantus the Minstrel: But there is a Great Bell at the heart of the rock.

Gobo: (After discovering that the ringing the bells unfreezes his friends.) The Great Bell is my bell! It’s Wembley’s bell. Our bells keep the rock moving. Its our music that keeps the rock alive!

Wishing you and yours a joyous season.