Today is Weihnachten.
Translated into English: Christmas.
Christmas is the holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Originally it was a day established by the Roman emperor Aurelian as the birthday of the sun, which later generations transformed into Christmas.
Everyone rests on every feast day the Church designates, and on Christmas Day itself, people set aside all work and flock to church solely to praise the glorious Lord.
The revenue from offerings must be at its peak around now. The Christmas ceremonies, grand enough to be called a preview of the liturgical events of the new year, were solemn, devout, and large in scale.
To be precise, the main event was the great Mass at nine in the evening.
I don't know who decided that Christmas is a day to spend with your beloved, but they seem to have had a point. My Hilda would be spending Christmas in Feuzen right about now, while I'm here alone.
And with the grand duke, no less.
