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unusual facts about Christmas night



Wolfssegen

In Vienna, there was also a custom known in which the text of the Liber generationis Jesu Christi (Matthew 1, viz. the beginning of the gospel) was known as Wolfssegen, chanted in a particular way after mass on Christmas night.


see also

A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night

A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night is the eleventh studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 2001.

Groveland Case

Six weeks after calling for McCall's removal, Moore and his wife were killed when a bomb exploded under their bedroom in Mims in Brevard County on Christmas night.

Julebord

Before, it was also common to let the remains of the Christmas meal remain on the table or place it out in the yard on Christmas night in order to appease mythical creatures such as the Trolls or the Nisses which were widely believed to roam the forests.

Tomte

In 1881, the Swedish magazine Ny Illustrerad Tidning published Viktor Rydberg's poem "Tomten", where the tomte is alone awake in the cold Christmas night, pondering the mysteries of life and death.