The first time I heard a Trader Joe's bell ring, I was standing in the checkout line with my infant son who was napping in a stroller. It dinged twice and from afar someone yelled, "Two bells ...

However, only gold medalists can ring the bell after track and field competitions. The bell was created at the Fonderie Cornille Havard in Villedieu-les-Poeles-Rouffigny in Normandy, France.

Rather than ringing a bell next to a red kettle, Marcos Gutierrez spends his days playing holiday and popular songs on his trombone outside grocery stores to inspire donations for the Salvation Army.