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Tag Archives: Holiday
Almost Scrooged: How Hitler Tried To Redesign Christmas
In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Wartime
Tagged 1920, 1930, 1940, Adolf Hiter, Beer, celebrations, festivities, Germany, Holiday, Munich, nationalism, nationalist, Nazi, Nordic, Pagan, propaganda, regime, socialism, socialist
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A Mystery: The Coventry Carol
If you thought Christmas was all about good tidings and joy, you were wrong. The Coventry Carol is a song about infanticide and also a lullaby sung by mothers of doomed children. Eggnog? The English carol dates back to the 16th Century and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, The Joy of Musik
Tagged Bethlehem, Bible, blessings, Choir, Christian, Christmas, Coventry, England, gifts, Herod, Holiday, Holy, infant, Jesus, Jewish, Joseph, Magi, Mary, massacre, men, mystery, nativity, pageant, star, three, virgin, Westminster Cathedral, wise
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