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When Organ Broke -
“Silent Nignt” was first sung at Christmas 1818.
The church organ in an Austrian village had broken down — impaired by mice, so the story goes. Father Joseph Mohr wrote the poem and his organist, Franz Gruber, composed the music.
The congregation, which had been saddened because there would be no music for Christmas, sang “Silent Night” to a guitar accompaniment.
IN GERMANY
For German children the Christmas season begins with the hanging of a calendar showing a painted house, on December 1. Doors and windows of the house often hide pieces of candy.
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