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Weihnachten. Weihnachten ( German: [ˈvaɪ̯naxtn̩] ⓘ) is the observance of what is commonly known in English as Christmas in the German -speaking countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is also widespread in countries with a German-speaking minority, such as Transylvania in Romania, South Tyrol in Italy, Eupen in Belgium, and ...
Christmas in Nazi Germany. Christmas presents for the poor in 1935. The celebration of Christmas in Nazi Germany included attempts by the regime to bring the Christian religious holiday into line with Nazi ideology. The Jewish origins of Jesus and the commemoration of his birth as the Jewish Messiah was troubling for some members of the Nazi ...
"O du fröhliche" ("Oh, how joyful", literally: "Oh, you joyful ... [Christmastime]") is a German Christmas carol.The author of the original text was the prominent Weimar "orphan father" Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), who set his lyric to the anonymous hymn-tune "O sanctissima" (O most holy).
The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...
Many traditional Christmas carols focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, while others celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas that range from 25 December to 5 January or Christmastide which ranges from 24 December to 5 January. As a result, many Christmas Carols can be related to St Stephen's Day (26 December), St John's Day ...
Carol of the Bells. " Carol of the Bells " is a popular Christmas carol, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song " Shchedryk ." The music for the carol comes from the song written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914; the English-language lyrics were written in 1936 by Peter Wilhousky. [ 1][ 2] 8 time.
See media help. " Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden " (If you are with me, I go with joy) is an aria from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel 's opera Diomedes, which was first staged on 16 November 1718. The aria is best known as " Bist du bei mir ," BWV 508, a version for voice and continuo found as No. 25 in the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena ...
For the Trace Bundy album, see O Night Divine (album). " O Holy Night " (original title: Cantique de Noël) is a sacred song about the night of the birth of Jesus Christ, described in the first verse as 'the dear Saviour', and frequently performed as a Christmas carol. Based on a French-language poem written in 1843 by poet Placide Cappeau, it ...