Here, on Christmas Eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr first strummed Silent Night on his guitar, accompanied by a melody ...

Carols like Silent Night and O Holy Night celebrate the nativity with beautiful melodies. Hark The Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World emphasize Christ's birth, while The First Noel narrates the ...

Even in the storm. Even in the dark, Jesus is God with us. When we put our hands into his, in the midst of the chaos he ...

I am part Austrian, and every I visit the lakeside hamlets of the Salzkammergut in Styria. They celebrate Christmas in ...

A Kolkata boy and UK resident takes a stroll through his favourite festive markets — from Salzburg and Vienna, to London and ...

In 1839, the Ludwig Rainer choir travelled from Austria to the USA and sang folk songs at the Alexander Hamilton Monument ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

It’s the most popular Christmas carol on the planet. It has been translated into 300 languages and dialects and recorded by more than 700 artists, from Bing Crosby to Al Green. The lyrics are ...

Christmas would now hardly be complete ... Thanks to Wikipedia mainly, I discovered that the carol came from Austria, that the words had been written by a young Austrian priest, called Fr Joseph ...