Title: Silent night
Description: "Long ago, inside a dusty hole, hidden in the Church of Saint Nicholas that stood in the village of Oberndorf, beside a river that rushed helter-skelter through Austria, a land of music and mountains and snow, there lived a large family of mice. This is the legend that inspired the writing and singing of the Christmas carol, 'Silent night'"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Carols, History and criticism, Christmas, Mice, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Gruber, Franz Xaver), Children's fiction, Mice, fiction, Christian life, fiction, Short stories
People: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), Joseph Mohr (1792-1848)