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Be there with Bells On

What it means

Turn up gladly and on time, with no persuading required.

Where it comes from

Nobody has settled where the bells came from. Sleigh harness, morris dancers and jesters' costume all get proposed, and all three amount to the same thing, which is arriving conspicuously ready.

The puzzle it came from

Be there with Bells On was the answer to the Phrasicle of December 24, 2025. The clue read Be there with ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Be there with Bells On