Archive for December 14th, 2007

Christmas in Austria

December 14, 2007

The special story about the postoffice at Christkindl
 

A picturesque village, a heavenly name: Christkindl in Upper Austria.Its name is inspirational from the name “Christkind” or “Christ Child”. It is the “Christkind” who brings in Austria the presents on Christmas Eve.
In the advent in 1950 a special Christmas post office opened for the first time [...]

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Christmas in our Parish church

December 14, 2007

 
Christmas in our Parish church,Hugginstown,Kilkenny,Ireland.
There will be mass for young families and children on Christmas Eve , Monday 24th December 2007. The children will be taking an active part in this Mass through singing; reading; drama etc. The children bring with them to the mass, a little gift,  not more than €5.00 in value which [...]

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