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Growing up in the first half of the last century, Alice Sedgwick Wohl was taught, among many other draconian rules of WASP etiquette, that “it wa

In her memoir, Alice Sedgwick Wohl describes growing up in a large genteel family, and refines the popular impression of her famous younger sister.

Article content When it was written 200 years ago, Silent Night stood in jarring contrast to the social, economic and political tumult of the times. The song was first sung on Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf, Austria, a town of 5,000 on the western border with Germany. At the time, Oberndorf and its neighbour, Laufen, got their wealth from the transport of salt along the Salzach River. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. In time of turmoil, a deafening silence Back to video But just two years before the carol’s debut, Laufren was separated from Ob...