Silent night holy night origin

1. What happened on 24th December 1818?
2. Father Joseph Mohr was reading The Holy Bible
3. Where was he? In his study room, in Hallein.
4. Where is Hallein? it is a village In the Austrian Alps
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallein
6. Why were the children and all filled with excitement? because it was holy eve.
7. Where did they all go? to the Midnight Mass.

1. What was he reading? The story of the shepherds.
2. what did the angel say to them?"Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour".
3. Who knocked at his door suddenly? A peasant woman.
4. What did she tell him? "A child is born at the other side of the mountain.They want him to come and bless the infant.
5. Where did he go? Father Mohr went to a ramshackle ,old and rickety hut.
6. Whom did he meet there? The young mother smiling happily.
7. What was he reminded of? The words from the Bible.
8. " Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour".
9. What did he see on his return to the valley?
10. The dark slopes were alight with the torches of the villagers on their way to the church.
11. What happened suddenly then? Bells began to ring from all the villages far and near.
12. What did he do after midnight service?He wrote a poem.
13. What was the next day?Christmas day.
14. Who came to visit Father Mohr?
15. Franz Xavier Gruber, the music teacher at the village school.
16. What did he do? He read the poem, composed music to fit the verses.
17. What happened to the poem? It became a song.
18. What were they both doing? Singing the song.
19. Who joined them? The village children.
20. Why did they play guitar? The church organ,which has keys like Piano and is played at the church was out of order.
21. Who came to repair the church organ? The organ builder.
22. What did they do then? They all practised this song along with the organ.
23. What did the organ builder do? he took the song with him to his village.
24. In which village was the organ builder?  In the valley of Zillertal.
25. What was it called there? "Song from Heaven".
26. Who were the four Strasser children?Caroline, Joseph,Andreas and little Amalie.
27. What was Amalie called? Maly
28. What did the people say about these children? They sing just like Nightingales.
29. Where was the annual Trade Fair? In Leipzig.
30. What were their parents? the glove makers
31. How did the children help them? They helped display and sell soft gloves.
32. What did they do there? They sang together.
33. Wha happened then? Passer-by stopped to listen and enchanted by the beautiful melodious tune.
34. Who introduced himself as the Director General of music in the kingdom of Saxony.? An elderly gentleman.
35. What did he give the children? tickets for one of the concerts ,he conducted.
36. Why were they rapt,absolutely dazed and engrossed?
37. They entered a brilliantly lit auditorium  filled with silk-hatted men and ladies in gowns.
38. What did the director do?He introduced the children to the crowd by calling them all on the stage.
39. What did he ask them to do? To sing the song for the king and queen of Saxony.
40. Maly and others whispered among themselves and what did they say among themselves?"Let's just shut our eyes and pretend we are singing at home."
41. Wha happened when they finished the song? there was a great applause.The children sang all the songs they knew.
42. finally they sang once again the song,"Song from Heaven."
43. Who said to the majesty about the song and what did he say? when introduced to the king,Joseph said,"It is a folk song,your Majesty."
44. What did the queen ask of them? "Won't you come to the castle and sing it in Christmas."
45. When did the Strasser children sing this song and where?
46. On the holy eve of the year 1832 .in the Royal Saxon Court Chapel..at the end of the Christmas Service.
47. What happened afterwards? Until Gruber lived this song was sung in the village of Hallein.
48. then it went on airs on the radio all over the world.
49. What is happening Now?
50. The Song from Heaven  is sung all over the world like the Christmas message itself.
51. My hearty thanks are due to the author Hertha Ernestine Pauli  1906-1973.

1. http://www.catholicauthors.com/pauli.html