“Still, Still, Still” is a 19th-century Austrian Christmas carol on the Nativity, set to a folk tune from Salzburg. It uses a traditional song form in which the opening phrases are repeated at ...

Remember to adjust the amount if you use homemade! These dreamy crescents, typical of the cold Austrian Christmas, have crossed borders and found a place in the hearts of sweet lovers. In Germany ...

Here is how a few countries and communities celebrate Christmas across the globe. For example, many people in Japan like to feast on fried chicken from American chain KFC because turkey is ...

But the Linzer cookie is the extravagant Austrian Christmas version, the dough rich and short with ground toasted hazelnuts. You’ll need a 6cm/2½in round cookie cutter (smooth, not crinkle ...

Picture the scene in the snowy Austrian village of Obendorf on Christmas Eve, 1818. Father Joseph Mohr is preparing the music for midnight mass and asks his friend Franz Gruber, a schoolteacher ...