O Tannenbaum and O Christmas Tree is a German Christmas Carol with an Unknown Writer
The first Christmas trees were tied upside down from house rafters, with no decorations. In the 1500s, Martin Luther created a new tradition when he placed his tree upright in a container of dirt, then decorated its branches with candles.
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Christmas Quotations and Wording
A collection of uplifting quotes to celebrate the Christmas season.
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Composer Phillip Brooks Writes O Little Town of Bethlehem
Recalling a magical Christmas Eve night in Bethlehem, Brooks wrote a song for the children's choir of his church. His organist put melody to his words and O Little Town of Bethlehem was sung for the very first time.
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The Birth of Jesus - the Lion of Judah
Epiphany is celebrated as the day that this star had finally led the Magi from the East to the child Jesus. But the greatest significance of the Star of Bethlehem was not its brightness, but its part in the heavenly announcement of everything that Jesus was.
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Martin Luther May Have Authored Away in a Manger
This beloved Children's song was first published in an 1885 Lutheran Sunday School book compiled by James R. Murray (1841-1905), who gave the song a subtitle of Luther's Cradle Hymn.
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O Holy Night as a Powerful Song Illustrating an Unusual Journey
On Christmas Eve, 1906, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, broadcast the very first AM radio program which included him playing a violin solo. The hymn he chose as the first musical piece to ever be broadcast via radio airways was O Holy Night.
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