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It reminds us of the promise of Abraham that his descendants would be more numerous than the stars; we are reminded of the star that pointed to the “great and heavenly light from Bethlehem’s manger shining bright.” The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. This is the message of the Advent star, which also points to Jesus, who said, “I am the bright and Morning Star.” It is the star of promise, the star of fulfillment, and the star of hope.<sup id="cite_ref-Moravian2018_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moravian2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Moravian star is popular in places where there are Moravian Christian congregations world wide The stars take their <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> name from the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a>, originating in <a href="/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia">Moravia</a>. In Germany, they are known as <a href="/wiki/Herrnhut" title="Herrnhut">Herrnhut</a> stars, named after the Moravian Mother Community in <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, where they were first commercially produced. With the rise of <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenism</a>, the use the Moravian star has spread beyond the Moravian Church to other Christian denominations, such as the Lutheran Church and Catholic Church, as well as the Methodist Church. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_star&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Moravian star is known to have originated in the 1830s at the Moravian Boys' School in <a href="/wiki/Niesky" title="Niesky">Niesky</a>, Germany, as a geometry lesson or project. The first mention is of a 110-point star for the 50th anniversary of the <i>Paedagogium</i> (classical school for boys) in Niesky. Around 1880, Peter Verbeek, an alumnus of the school, began making the stars and their instructions available for sale through his bookstore.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Harry went on to found the <a href="/wiki/Herrnhut" title="Herrnhut">Herrnhut</a> Star Factory, which was the main source of stars until <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Although heavily damaged at the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Star Factory resumed manufacturing them. Briefly taken over by the government of <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> in the 1950s, the factory was returned to the Moravian Church-owned Abraham Dürninger Company, which continues to make the stars in Herrnhut.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other star-making companies and groups have sprung up since then. Some Moravian congregations have congregation members who build and sell the stars as fund raisers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_and_Religious_importance">Cultural and Religious importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_star&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cultural and Religious importance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The star was soon adopted throughout the Moravian Church as an <a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a> symbol. </p><p>Moravian stars continue to be displayed during Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany throughout the world, even in areas without a significant Moravian Church presence. Many Moravian households display their stars year-round. The stars are often seen in Moravian <a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">nativity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_village" title="Christmas village">Christmas village</a> displays as a representation of the <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a> pointing towards the infant Jesus. They are properly displayed from the first Sunday in Advent (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) until the Festival of Epiphany (January 6). Large advent stars shine in the dome of the <a href="/wiki/Dresden_Frauenkirche" class="mw-redirect" title="Dresden Frauenkirche">Frauenkirche</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> and over the altar of the <a href="/wiki/Thomaskirche" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomaskirche">Thomaskirche</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>. A 9.5-meter or 31-foot Moravian star, one of the largest in the world, sits atop the North Tower of <a href="/wiki/Atrium_Health_Wake_Forest_Baptist" title="Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist">Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist</a> during the Advent and Christmas seasons. The city of <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem" class="mw-redirect" title="Winston-Salem">Winston-Salem</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, which traces its origins to <a href="/wiki/Old_Salem#Historic_Salem" title="Old Salem">Salem</a> has Moravian origins dating to 1766, uses the Moravian star as their official Christmas street decoration. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another star sits under <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a>'s Wait Chapel during the Advent and Christmas seasons as well. </p><p>The use of the stars during the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons is also a tradition in the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and in parts of Scandinavia: wherever the Moravian Church has sent missionaries. </p><p>in 2020, as the world descended in to the Covid19 pandemic, Moravians began to ring, rehang their stars as a sign of love, hope and peace during dark times. On March 27, 2020 <a href="/wiki/Atrium_Health_Wake_Forest_Baptist" title="Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist">Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist</a> reinstalled their 31 foot star, a top the North Tower. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_stars">Types of stars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_star&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Types of stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png/220px-Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png/330px-Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png/440px-Pyramid_augmented_rhombicuboctahedron.png 2x" data-file-width="908" data-file-height="905" /></a><figcaption>Augmented <a href="/wiki/Rhombicuboctahedron" title="Rhombicuboctahedron">rhombicuboctahedron</a> (26 points)</figcaption></figure> <p>The original Moravian star as manufactured in Herrnhut since 1897 exists only in a 26-point form, composed of eighteen square and eight triangular cone-shaped points.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 26th point is missing and used for mounting. This shape is technically known as an augmented <a href="/wiki/Rhombicuboctahedron" title="Rhombicuboctahedron">rhombicuboctahedron</a>. Each face of the geometric solid in the middle, the rhombicuboctahedron, serves as the base for one of the pyramid augmentations or starburst points. This is the most commonly seen and most widely available form of Christmas star. </p><p>Other forms of Christmas star exist, which differ from the original Herrnhut Moravian star. No matter how many points a star has, it has a symmetrical shape based on <a href="/wiki/Polyhedra" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyhedra">polyhedra</a>. There are other stars with 20, 32, 50, 62 and 110 points that are commonly hand-made. The variety comes from various ways of forming the polyhedron that provides a base for the points—using an octagonal face instead of a square face, for example. The common original Herrnhut Moravian star becomes a 50-point star when the squares and triangles that normally make up the faces of the polyhedron become octagons and hexagons. This leaves a 4-sided <a href="/wiki/Trapezoidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Trapezoidal">trapezoidal</a> hole in the corners of the faces which is then filled with an irregular four sided point. These 4-sided points form a "starburst" in the midst of an otherwise regular 26-point star. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Froebel_star" title="Froebel star">Froebel stars</a>, which are paper decorations made from four folded strips of paper, are sometimes inaccurately also called Moravian stars, among many other names.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg/220px-Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg/330px-Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg/440px-Moravian_Star_at_St._Paul%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>A Moravian star hangs above a <a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a> in the sanctuary of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church (on left).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moravian_star&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Congregations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Congregations_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:Congregations of the Moravian Church">by Province</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Educational institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fulneck_School" title="Fulneck School">Fulneck School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Academy" title="Moravian Academy">Moravian Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian College">Moravian College & Theological Seminary </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ockbrook_School" title="Ockbrook School">Ockbrook School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_Academy" title="Salem 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Church">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulneck_Moravian_Settlement" title="Fulneck Moravian Settlement">Fulneck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herrnhaag" title="Herrnhaag">Herrnhaag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herrnhut" title="Herrnhut">Herrnhut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsfeld_im_Schwarzwald" title="Königsfeld im Schwarzwald">Königsfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ockbrook" title="Ockbrook">Ockbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Salem" title="Old Salem">Old Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_village" title="Christmas village">Christmas village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daily_Watchwords" title="Daily Watchwords">Daily Watchwords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Acre" title="God's Acre">God's Acre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovefeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovefeast">Lovefeast</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Moravian Advent star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Spice_Cookies" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian Spice Cookies">Spice Cookies (USA)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="History of the Moravian Church">History of the Moravian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:History of the Moravian Church">by Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church_Mission_Ships" title="Moravian Church Mission Ships">Mission ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian Indians">Moravian Indians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_47,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian 47, Ontario">Moraviantown</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quakers_and_Moravians_Act_1838" title="Quakers and Moravians Act 1838">Quakers and Moravians Act 1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_slaves" title="Moravian slaves">Moravian slaves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bishops_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:Bishops of the Moravian Church">Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Moravian_Church_missionaries" title="Category:Moravian Church missionaries">Missionaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Writers_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:Writers of the Moravian Church">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Artists_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:Artists of the Moravian Church">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_of_the_Moravian_Church" title="Category:People of the Moravian Church">Other</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Advent" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background:#ECE7FE;background:#D7C9F2;box-shadow: inset 2.7em 0 0 0 #6600CC, inset -2.7em 0 0 0 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Sunday" title="Advent Sunday">Advent Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelus" title="Angelus">Angelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ember_days" title="Ember days">Ember days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudete_Sunday" title="Gaudete Sunday">Gaudete Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary" title="Hail Mary">Hail Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnificat" title="Magnificat">Magnificat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day" title="Saint Nicholas Day">Saint Nicholas Day</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Adventwreath.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Advent wreath"><img alt="Advent wreath" 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title="Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom">Isaiah 9:6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_53" title="Isaiah 53">Isaiah 53</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidic_dynasty_in_Bible_prophecy" title="Davidic dynasty in Bible prophecy">Davidic dynasty in Bible prophecy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus" title="Genealogy of Jesus">Genealogy of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_dreams" title="Saint Joseph's dreams">Saint Joseph's dreams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_Jesse" title="Tree of Jesse">Tree of Jesse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ECE7FE;width:1%">Traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_calendar" title="Advent calendar">Advent calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_candle" title="Advent candle">Advent candle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanging_of_the_greens" title="Hanging of the greens">Hanging of the greens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_market" title="Christmas market">Christmas markets</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_markets" title="List of Christmas markets">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stir-up_Sunday" title="Stir-up Sunday">Stir-up Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Moravian star</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ECE7FE;width:1%">Songs and hymns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam_lay_ybounden" title="Adam lay ybounden">Adam lay ybounden</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Advent_%C3%A4r_m%C3%B6rker_och_kyla" title="Advent är mörker och kyla">Advent är mörker och kyla</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_song" title="Advent song">Advent song</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventstid" title="Adventstid">Adventstid</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelus_ad_virginem" title="Angelus ad virginem">Angelus ad virginem</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bereden_v%C3%A4g_f%C3%B6r_Herran" title="Bereden väg för Herran">Bereden väg för Herran</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come,_thou_Redeemer_of_the_earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Come, thou Redeemer of the earth">Come, thou Redeemer of the earth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Conditor_alme_siderum" title="Conditor alme siderum">Conditor alme siderum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cherry-Tree_Carol" title="The Cherry-Tree Carol">The Cherry-Tree Carol</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come,_Thou_Long_Expected_Jesus" title="Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus">Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Det_%C3%A4r_advent" title="Det är advent">Det är advent</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen" title="Es ist ein Ros entsprungen">Es ist ein Ros entsprungen</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Message" title="Gabriel's Message">Gabriel's Message</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Holly_and_the_Ivy" title="The Holly and the Ivy">The Holly and the Ivy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hosianna,_Davids_son" title="Hosianna, Davids son">Hosianna, Davids son</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_das_Warten_dieser_Welt" class="mw-redirect" title="In das Warten dieser Welt">In das Warten dieser Welt</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_the_Apple_Tree" title="Jesus Christ the Apple Tree">Jesus Christ the Apple Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCndet_allen_in_der_Not" title="Kündet allen in der Not">Kündet allen in der Not</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lo!_He_comes_with_clouds_descending" title="Lo! He comes with clouds descending">Lo! He comes with clouds descending</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Ago,_Prophets_Knew" title="Long Ago, Prophets Knew">Long Ago, Prophets Knew</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Macht_hoch_die_T%C3%BCr" title="Macht hoch die Tür">Macht hoch die Tür</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Macht_weit_die_Pforten_in_der_Welt" title="Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt">Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Maria_durch_ein_Dornwald_ging" title="Maria durch ein Dornwald ging">Maria durch ein Dornwald ging</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Meine_Seele,_dank_und_singe" title="Meine Seele, dank und singe">Meine Seele, dank und singe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mit_Ernst,_o_Menschenkinder" title="Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder">Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Der_Morgenstern_ist_aufgedrungen" title="Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen">Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland" title="Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland">Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_Antiphons" title="O Antiphons">O Antiphons</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Come,_O_Come,_Emmanuel" title="O Come, O Come, Emmanuel">O Come, O Come, Emmanuel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Heiland,_rei%C3%9F_die_Himmel_auf" title="O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf">O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wie_soll_ich_dich_empfangen" title="Wie soll ich dich empfangen">O How Shall I Receive Thee</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Of_the_Father%27s_Heart_Begotten" title="Of the Father's Heart Begotten">Of the Father's Heart Begotten</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rorate_Caeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Rorate Caeli">Rorate Caeli</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sei_uns_willkommen,_Herre_Christ" title="Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ">Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Singet_fr%C3%B6hlich_im_Advent" title="Singet fröhlich im Advent">Singet fröhlich im Advent</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_is_no_rose_of_such_virtue" class="mw-redirect" title="There is no rose of such virtue">There is no rose of such virtue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tochter_Zion,_freue_dich" title="Tochter Zion, freue dich">Tochter Zion, freue dich</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Veni_redemptor_gentium" title="Veni redemptor gentium">Savior of the Nations, Come</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vi_t%C3%A4nder_ett_ljus_i_advent" title="Vi tänder ett ljus i advent">Vi tänder ett ljus i advent</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vox_clara_ecce_intonat" title="Vox clara ecce intonat">Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wachet_auf,_ruft_uns_die_Stimme" title="Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme">Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ECE7FE;width:1%">Cantatas and other music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%84rgre_dich,_o_Seele,_nicht,_BWV_186" title="Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186"><i>Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht</i>, BWV 186a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bereitet_die_Wege,_bereitet_die_Bahn,_BWV_132" title="Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132"><i>Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn</i>, BWV 132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herz_und_Mund_und_Tat_und_Leben,_BWV_147" title="Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147"><i>Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben</i>, BWV 147a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messiah_Part_I" title="Messiah Part I">Handel's <i>Messiah</i> (Part I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland_(B%C3%B6hm)" title="Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Böhm)"><i>Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland</i> (Böhm)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland,_BWV_61" title="Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61"><i>Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland</i>, BWV 61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland,_BWV_62" title="Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62"><i>Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland</i>, BWV 62</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_the_Record_of_John" title="This Is the Record of John">This Is the Record of John</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unser_lieben_Frauen_Traum" title="Unser lieben Frauen Traum">Unser lieben Frauen Traum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virga_Jesse_(Bruckner)" title="Virga Jesse (Bruckner)"><i>Virga Jesse</i> (Bruckner)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wachet_auf,_ruft_uns_die_Stimme,_BWV_140" title="Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140"><i>Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme</i>, BWV 140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wachet!_betet!_betet!_wachet!_BWV_70" title="Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70"><i>Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!</i> BWV 70a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wir_sagen_euch_an_den_lieben_Advent" title="Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent">Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_church_cantatas_by_liturgical_occasion#First_Sunday_of_Advent_(Advent_I)" title="List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion">List of Advent cantatas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ECE7FE;width:1%">Music publications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_English_Hymnal" title="The New English Hymnal">The New English Hymnal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Hymnal" title="The English Hymnal">The English Hymnal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hymns_Ancient_and_Modern" title="Hymns Ancient and Modern">Hymns Ancient and Modern</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hymnal_1982" title="The Hymnal 1982">The Hymnal 1982</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ECE7FE;width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_church_music" title="Anglican church music">Anglican church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Catholic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_hymn" title="Lutheran hymn">Lutheran hymns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_service" title="Carol service">Carol service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical year">Liturgical year</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#ECE7FE"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Advent" title="Category:Advent">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Advent" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Advent">Commons</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_christianity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/16px-P_christianity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/24px-P_christianity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/32px-P_christianity.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Christmas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#CE1D20; 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color:white;width:1%">In<br />Christianity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Biblical Magi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">Adoration of the Magi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds" title="Adoration of the Shepherds">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Angel Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annunciation_to_the_shepherds" title="Annunciation to the shepherds">Annunciation to the shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_the_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptism of the Lord">Baptism of the Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Epiphany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents" title="Massacre of the Innocents">Massacre of the Innocents</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flight_into_Egypt" title="Flight into Egypt">flight into Egypt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Nativity Fast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" title="Nativity of Jesus in art">in art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_later_culture" title="Nativity of Jesus in later culture">in later culture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neapolitan_nativity_scene" title="Neapolitan nativity scene">Neapolitan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">In <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore"><span style="color:white">folklore</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badalisc" title="Badalisc">Badalisc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caganer" title="Caganer">Caganer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christkind" title="Christkind">Christkind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla" title="Grýla">Grýla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Frost" title="Jack Frost">Jack Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korvatunturi" title="Korvatunturi">Korvatunturi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider" title="Legend of the Christmas Spider">Legend of the Christmas Spider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Lwyd" title="Mari Lwyd">Mari Lwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner%27s_figure" title="Miner's figure">Miner's figure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)" title="Nisse (folklore)">Nisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Winter" title="Old Man Winter">Old Man Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perchta" title="Perchta">Perchta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_workshop" title="Santa's workshop">Santa's workshop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal" title="Tió de Nadal">Tió de Nadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turo%C5%84" title="Turoń">Turoń</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertep" title="Vertep">Vertep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia">Wenceslaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_cat" title="Yule cat">Yule cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_Lads" class="mw-redirect" title="Yule Lads">Yule Lads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer"><span style="color:white">Gift-bringers</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_(European_folklore)" title="Saint Nicholas (European folklore)">folklore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Befana" title="Befana">Befana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ded_Moroz" title="Ded Moroz">Ded Moroz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Indian" title="Grandpa Indian">Grandpa Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joulupukki" title="Joulupukki">Joulupukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julemanden" title="Julemanden">Julemanden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Baba" title="Noel Baba">Noel Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olentzero" title="Olentzero">Olentzero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_No%C3%ABl" title="Père Noël">Père Noël</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers" title="List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas" title="Companions of Saint Nicholas"><span style="color:white">Companions of<br />Saint Nicholas</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Claus" title="Mrs. Claus">Mrs. Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_Man" title="Sack Man">Sack Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27_daughter" title="Santa Claus' daughter">Santa Claus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">Santa's reindeer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snegurochka" title="Snegurochka">Snegurochka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_traditions" title="Christmas traditions"><span style="color:white">Traditions</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_calendar" title="Advent calendar">Advent calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_candle" title="Advent candle">Advent candle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Feast" title="Boar's Head Feast">Boar's Head Feast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwibbogen" title="Schwibbogen">Candle arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_card" title="Christmas card">Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carols_by_Candlelight" title="Carols by Candlelight">Carols by Candlelight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Magi" title="Cavalcade of Magi">Cavalcade of Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Christmas jumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Peace" title="Christmas Peace">Christmas Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cracker" title="Christmas cracker">Crackers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_decoration" title="Christmas decoration">Decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didukh" title="Didukh">Didukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_events_and_celebrations" title="Category:Christmas events and celebrations">Events and celebrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_Fishes" title="Feast of the Seven Fishes">Feast of the Seven Fishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Santa" title="Flying Santa">Flying Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift" title="Christmas gift">Gifts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Santa_Tracker" title="Google Santa Tracker">Google Santa Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamper#Christmas_hamper" title="Hamper">Hampers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round-robin_letter" title="Round-robin letter">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights" title="Christmas lights">Lights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Misrule" title="Lord of Misrule">Lord of Misrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_market" title="Christmas market">Markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_meals_and_feasts" title="Category:Christmas meals and feasts">Meals and feasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Moravian star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa" title="NORAD Tracks Santa">NORAD Tracks Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker" title="Nutcracker">Nutcrackers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker_doll" title="Nutcracker doll">dolls</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornament" title="Christmas ornament">Ornaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_parade" title="Santa Claus parade">Parades</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_holiday_season_parades" title="List of Christmas and holiday season parades">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1ata" title="Piñata">Piñatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsettia" title="Poinsettia">Poinsettia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pyramid" title="Christmas pyramid">Pyramids</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A4uchermann" title="Räuchermann">Räuchermann</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas seal">Seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Santa" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanbaum" title="Spanbaum">Spanbaum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_szopka" title="Kraków szopka">Szopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassailing" title="Wassailing">Wassailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_window" title="Christmas window">Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_goat" title="Yule goat">Yule goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country" title="Observance of Christmas by country"><span style="color:white">By country</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Australia" title="Christmas in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Colombia" title="Christmas in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_Denmark" title="Yule and Christmas in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_England" title="Category:Christmas in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Christmas" title="Ethiopian Christmas">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Finland" title="Christmas in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_France" title="Christmas in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihnachten" title="Weihnachten">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Christmas in Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hungary" title="Christmas in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Iceland" title="Christmas in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Indonesia" title="Christmas in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ireland" title="Christmas in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Italy" title="Christmas in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Mexico" title="Christmas in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Zealand" title="Christmas in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Norway" title="Christmas in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Poland" title="Christmas in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Romania" title="Christmas in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Russia" title="Christmas in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" title="Christmas in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Serbia" title="Christmas in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Sweden" title="Christmas in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine" title="Christmas in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Christmas in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Christmas in the American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hawaii" title="Christmas in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Mexico" title="Christmas in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_United_States_(1946%E2%80%931964)" title="Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)">Post-War United States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music"><span style="color:white">Music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Carols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Operas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music#Popular_Christmas_songs" title="Christmas music">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">Hit singles in the UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">Hit singles in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Music charts (<i>Billboard</i>)</a></li> <li>Music books <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_by_medium" title="Christmas by medium"><span style="color:white">Other media</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas in literature">In literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas novels">novels</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Films (Christmas,</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_in_film" title="Santa Claus in film">Santa,</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_horror" title="Christmas horror">Christmas horror</a>)</li> <li>Poetry <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Santeclaus_with_Much_Delight" title="Old Santeclaus with Much Delight">Old Santeclaus with Much Delight</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit from St. Nicholas</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_in_the_Workhouse" title="Christmas Day in the Workhouse">Christmas Day in the Workhouse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomten" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomten">Tomten</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br />modern<br />society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Conspiracy" title="Advent Conspiracy">Advent Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(partying)" title="Black Friday (partying)">Black Friday (partying)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday (shopping)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronner%27s_Christmas_Wonderland" title="Bronner's Christmas Wonderland">Bronner's Christmas Wonderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_club" title="Christmas club">Christmas club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Christmas Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Mountains" title="Christmas Mountains">Christmas Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seals" title="Christmas seals">Christmas seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_controversies" title="Christmas controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Monday" title="Cyber Monday">Cyber Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas" title="Economics of Christmas">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giving_Tuesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Tuesday">Giving Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinch" title="Grinch">Grinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery" title="Spanish Christmas Lottery">El Gordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews_and_Christmas" title="Jews and Christmas">Jews and Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_July" title="Christmas in July">In July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_August_(Yellowstone)" title="Christmas in August (Yellowstone)">In August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">NBA games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Day" title="NFL on Christmas Day">NFL games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikkujoulu" title="Pikkujoulu">Pikkujoulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantaCon" title="SantaCon">SantaCon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Candy_Castle" title="Santa's Candy Castle">Santa's Candy Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge" title="Ebenezer Scrooge">Scrooge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Saturday" title="Small Business Saturday">Small Business Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Saturday" title="Super Saturday">Super Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Ugly sweaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_O%27Hanlon" title="Virginia O'Hanlon">Virginia O'Hanlon</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus" title="Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus">Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(weather)" title="White Christmas (weather)">White Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays" title="List of multinational festivals and holidays">Winter festivals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops">WWE Tribute to the Troops</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xmas" title="Xmas">Xmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_dishes" title="List of Christmas dishes"><span style="color:white">Food and<br />drink</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_dinner" title="Christmas dinner"><span style="color:white">Dinner</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joulup%C3%B6yt%C3%A4" title="Joulupöytä">Joulupöytä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julebord" title="Julebord">Julebord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%AB%C4%8Dios" title="Kūčios">Kūčios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9veillon" title="Réveillon">Réveillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_desserts" title="Thirteen desserts">Thirteen desserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve-dish_Christmas_Eve_supper" title="Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper">Twelve-dish supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%C3%B6rg%C3%A5sbord" class="mw-redirect" title="Smörgåsbord">Smörgåsbord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigilia" title="Wigilia">Wigilia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Sweets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baked_Alaska" title="Baked Alaska">Baked Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy_cane" title="Candy cane">Candy cane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cake" title="Christmas cake">Cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cookie" title="Christmas cookie">Cookie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozonac" title="Cozonac">Cozonac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruitcake" title="Fruitcake">Fruitcake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">Gingerbread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutia" title="Kutia">Kutia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mak%C3%B3wki" title="Makówki">Makówki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melomakarono" title="Melomakarono">Melomakarono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mince_pie" title="Mince pie">Mince pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampushka" title="Pampushka">Pampushka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panettone" title="Panettone">Panettone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlova_(cake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavlova (cake)">Pavlova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecan_pie" title="Pecan pie">Pecan pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poppy_seed_roll" title="Poppy seed roll">Poppy seed roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pudding" title="Christmas pudding">Pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_pie" title="Pumpkin pie">Pumpkin pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurabiya" title="Qurabiya">Qurabiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_velvet_cake" title="Red velvet cake">Red velvet cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stollen" title="Stollen">Stollen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szaloncukor" title="Szaloncukor">Szaloncukor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turr%C3%B3n" title="Turrón">Turrón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log_(cake)" title="Yule log (cake)">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; 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