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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2024 OldTrout 2260 Comments

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022   OldTrout  

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Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2024 OldTrout 2017 Comments

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2023 OldTrout 3113 Comments

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. One of Caroline’s favourite carols: In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022   OldTrout  

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Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2023 OldTrout 1841 Comments

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

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Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2022 OldTrout 6013 Comments

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

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In The Bleak Midwinter

19th December 2022 OldTrout 2638 Comments

This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke :   RIP Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd [more…]

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Snowflakes

24th January 2022 OldTrout 3827 Comments

I have always loved snowflakes.  On a chairlift, with your head down into a biting wind, one is allowed about twenty minutes to study them settling on your clothes. They have two classes of symmetry; [more…]

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Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2020 OldTrout 2250 Comments

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

13th December 2020 OldTrout 1854 Comments

The third Sunday of Advent – #Joy.   A traditional English carol from the 16th century or earlier.   © OldTrout  

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