Merry Christmas to you too and everyone at Wikimedia!
RhinosF1
On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 at 07:19, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
For those who celebrate these occasions, I wish you a
merry Christmas and a
happy new year.
I am happy to learn about holidays from diverse origins, and I would
welcome people sharing information about holidays that they celebrate.
Wikimedia Commons hosts several audio recordings of Christmas carols that
have Polish or German associations. Here are a few selections. Any
corrections to English translations would be appreciated.
** "El desembre congelat II"* / "December Frozen II"; organ solo
performance by User:Metzner
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:El_desembre_congelat_II.ogg>
* "O Tannenbaum" / "O Christmas Tree", sung in German and English.
The
lyrics to the modern version of the carol were written in 1824, and the
history of the lyrics can be traced to a 16th century folk song.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Army_Band_-_O_Tannenbaum.ogg> [1]
* "Wśród nocnej ciszy"/ "The Silence of the Night"; produced in
association
with Wikimedia Polska (the Wikimedia Poland chapter). The original authors
of the lyrics and tune are unknown; the carol was first published in the
year 1853.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:W%C5%9Br%C3%B3d_nocnej_ciszy.ogg> [2]
What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.
Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>.
Best wishes,
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Tannenbaum
[2]
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wśród nocnej ciszy
<https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%9Br%C3%B3d_nocnej_ciszy>
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