Monday, December 24, 2018

Silent Night


This year is the 200th anniversary of the beloved Christmas carol, "Silent Night."

Think of that. 200 years of Silent Night...

Such a simple carol...who would think that this quiet, gentle song could change everything, even for a few short hours...



On this Christmas Eve of 2018, may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts.

5 comments:

  1. Oh, Jan! I love that you shared this today. That Sainsbury's ad was so much in my mind this year that with my 8th grade, I wrote a play about the Christmas Truce. They performed it for the entire school on Friday. A group of my students learned to sing Stille Nacht. When the German and English versions blended together, it brought tears to many an eye - including mine.

    Wishing you a Blessed Christmas.

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    1. What a great idea, Cate! And a memorable way to remember a war that is largely forgotten.

      Merry Christmas to you!

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    2. Beautiful. While living in Chicago our church family every Christmas Eve sang Stille Nacht in 19 different languages. Wished I had recorded the adoration. Joyeux Noel is a movie I always showed my German classes in December. So much history in one Carol.

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    3. Oh, this is so beautiful! I'm from a very Irish and English/Dutch blended family, but my husband's grandparents were German immigrants. They came over in the early 1900s and Grandma loved Stille Nacht... but she couldn't sing. So when I was a young bride I went to visit her and sang it for her... and she got teary-eyed.

      We'd learned it in 8th grade choir for Midnight Mass at the cathedral in Rochester and I can still sing it... and remember Grandma's face. :)

      So beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing this. Oma, I can't imagine in 19 different languages.

      What a treat that must have been!

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  2. I've never seen this before, Jan.

    I am humbled.

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