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Not actually pyramid-shaped, the Christmas pyramid is a kind of carousel with several levels, some depicting Christian motifs such as angels or manger scenes, and others with more secular motifs such as mountain-folk, forests, and other scenes from the everyday life of people in the Ore Mountains.
"Kommet, ihr Hirten" (Come, ye shepherds) is a German Christmas carol from Bohemia which was derived from a Czech carol, "Nesem vám noviny". It reflects elements from the nativity story, the annunciation to the shepherds, their walk to the manger and their Adoration, inviting to follow their example.
The Latin-German Christmas hymn (…) is, in part at least, a lullaby sung at the cradle of Christ, and, since it was included by the Leipzig Cantor, Vopelius, in his Leipzig hymn book, it must have been in ordinary use there. It was an old Christian custom to place a manger in the church, and to perform the events of Christmas night as a drama ...
Well-dressed children watch toys in the shop window of a department store displaying Christmas decorations on December 11, 1946. AFP - Getty Images F.W. Woolworth Company: 1947
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" ("Oh, come, little children") is a German Christmas carol. The lyrics were written by Catholic priest and writer Christoph von Schmid in 1798. His poem " Die Kinder bei der Krippe " (The children at the manger) had originally eight verses and was first published in 1811.
Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...
An Ore Mountain miner's figure as a candle holder The altar of the church in Crandorf with two tin miner's lights as altar lights in the foreground Miner and angel as Christmas light bearers. A miner's figure (German: Bergmannsfigur) is a traditional Christmas decoration from the Ore Mountains of central Europe. [1]
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