The tinkles of sleigh bells among the snowy hills came like elfin chimes through the frosty air.

She was dressed with exceeding smartness and wore several bangle bracelets that glittered and rattled and tinkled with every movement of her hands.

When they gave her the piggy bank, the first thing Laura did was put in a couple of coins and shake it to hear it tinkle.

Tinkles of sleigh bells and distant laughter, that seemed like the mirth of wood elves, came from every quarter.