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Freue Dich, Christkind kommt bald. In den Herzen ist’s warm, Still schweigt Kummer und Harm, Sorge des Lebens verhallt: Freue Dich, Christkind kommt bald. Bald ist heilige Nacht; Chor der Engel erwacht; Horch’ nur, wie lieblich es schallt: Freue Dich, Christkind kommt bald.
Christkind. The Christkind (German for 'Christ-child'; pronounced [ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt] ⓘ), also called Christkindl, is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland ...
The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (1 January – Eastern Orthodox Church, Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, Anglican calendars) The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (3 January – Roman Rite; others – various) The Feast of the Epiphany (6 January or 19 January in the Gregorian equivalent of the Julian calendar)
Cornelius adhered to a Protestant theology of a new Pietism, initiated by August Neander and termed Pektoraltheologie (theology of the heart). [4] Apparently he completed the text for a cycle before he composed the music. [3] Cornelius composed the Weihnachtslieder for voice and piano in 1856. [4]
Nikolai Gogol, "Christmas Eve" (from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) [1] O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi; E. T. A. Hoffmann, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (Nussknacker und Mausekönig) Leo Tolstoy, "Papa Panov's Special Christmas" (translation of Saillens) Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales; Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift
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[7] [8] [6] [9] In Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, finding a spider or a spider's web on a Christmas tree is considered good luck. [10] Ukrainians also create small Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of a spider (known as pavuchky , literally "little spiders"), usually made of paper and wire.
[4] Prior to publication, an exhibition of Tolkien's drawings was held at the Ashmolean Museum. These included works from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Letters from Father Christmas. [5] [6] The first edition was published by Allen and Unwin on 2 September 1976 under the name The Father Christmas Letters, three years after Tolkien ...