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lokalgeschichte.de – Geschichte – lokal und aus der Kaiserzeit (in German) "Alles rund um Weihnachtskarpfen". OVB Heimatzeitungen. 11 December 2017; Raabe, Lis (1984). Alte Weihnachtsbräuche aus deutschsprachigen Ländern (in German). München: Heyne. ISBN 978-3-453-41622-2.
In preparation for Weihnachten, many families celebrate Advent.This is a time of religious preparation for the arrival of the Christkind (the Christ Child). Traditional advent activities include the Adventskranz (Advent wreath), which is set up on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the beginning of the Advent season.
Christmas in Ireland is the annual festival which marks the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus and its related observances, but also incorporates some pre-Christian customs.
Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt (' Cry, children, cry to all the world '), also known as Köthener Trauermusik (' Köthen funeral music '), BWV 1143, BWV 244a, [1] is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1729 for the funeral of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. The music is lost, but the libretto survives.
The badnjak is an oak log or branch brought into the house and placed on the fire on the evening of Christmas Eve, much like a yule log in other European traditions.There are many regional variations surrounding the customs and practices connected with the badnjak.
First instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German Second instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German. Zarathustra's roundelay (German: Zarathustra's Rundgesang), [1] also called the Midnight Song (Mitternachts-Lied [2]) or Once More (German: Noch ein Mal), [3] is a poem in the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Christmas in Romania (Romanian: Crăciunul în România) is a major annual celebration, celebrated on 24/25 of December, as in most countries of the Christian world.The observance of Christmas was introduced once with the Christianization of Romania but public observance was discouraged during the Communist period (1948–1989).