Silent Night Hymn: Song From Heaven Legend
The well known Christmas hymn Silent Night is called a Song From Heaven for its origin in 1818 in Hallein Austria. Father Joseph Mohr wrote the poem after a visit to a poor charcoal maker’s wife and Franz Xaver Gruber set it to music for village children to sing. The piece spread worldwide and remains revered as the greatest Christmas hymn with the line Sleep in heavenly peace.
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Hallein
Father Joseph Mohr
Father Mohr
Alps
Franz Xaver Gruber
History of Christmas Seals Timeline from Denmark to America
The Christmas seal began in 1903 Denmark with Einar Holboell proposing a penny stamp to fund children's hospitals. Authorized by King Christian, the first seals sold in 1904 in Copenhagen. By Holboell's death in 1927 it spread to 45 countries. in 1907 Emily Bissell created America's first seal, a holly wreath, raising $3,000 in weeks with 50,000 stamps. The nationwide sale followed in 1908 aided by newspapers, groups, the Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association.
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Denmark
Hans Christian Anderson
Einar Holboell
Copenhagen
Christian
Holboell
Korea
India
French Indochina
America
Jacob Riis
Emily Bissell
Bissell
Philadelphia
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Chemical Method to Fireproof Christmas Trees
To fireproof a Christmas tree and reduce flame risk from electric lights, select the tree four to six days before decorating, weigh it, and buy ammonium sulfate equal to one quarter of the tree's weight. Mix one and a half pints water per pound of ammonium sulfate, use a tall narrow container, cut the trunk diagonally, set the tree in the solution in a cool area away from sun, and let it absorb.
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Tripoli, Iowa
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Herald Angels
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Tripoli
Onis
A. A. Belknap
Tripoli, Lowa
Merry Christmas
Biesterfelt Brothers
Hasbrouck Lumber Co
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