Category: Europe

Silent night (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber 0

Silent night (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber

“Silent Night” (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. The song...

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Most Beautiful Christmas Tales From All Around The World

Serene Christmas time Christmas is an especially serene and quiet time when many of us calm down from the excitement of every-day work and spend time with our loved ones. I still vividly remember...

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Mercury and the tradesmen (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

When Jupiter was creating man, he told Mercury to make an infusion of lies, and to add a little of it to the other ingredients which went to the making of the Tradesmen. Mercury...