"When I got to the airline counter, I was impressed by the lovely Christmas decorations.
I looked up and noticed that I was standing under a mistletoe, but then I realized that it was there so that I could KISS MY LUGGAGE GOODBYE!"
May you have the gladness of Christmas which is ope;
The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love.
- - - Ada V. Hendricks
Silent Night was written in 1818, by an Austrian priest Joseph Mohr. He was told the day before Christmas that the church organ was broken and would not be prepared in time for Christmas Eve. He was saddened by this and could not think of Christmas without music, so he wanted to write a carol that could be sung by choir to guitar music. He sat down and wrote three stanzas. Later that night the people in the little Austrian Church sang "Stille Nacht" for the first time.
