Mettenzeit

English translation: Is the Midnight mass

15:51 Nov 30, 2004

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German term or phrase: Mettenzeit

From the Austrian writer Waggerl, about Christmas Eve:

Lang vor der **Mettenzeit** tritt man gerne einmal vor die Tür und steht allein unter dem Himmel...

Mass/Midnight Mass?

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Local time: 00:40

English translation:Is the Midnight mass

Explanation:
now celebrated before midnight.

... Nach der Bescherung in der Familie, folgt ein traditionelles, gemeinsames Abendessen
und der Kirchgang zur Mitternachtsmesse, der Mette. Der 25. ...
www.kaerntner-advent.at/seiten/br-heiligabend.php - 10k

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Note added at 9 mins (2004-11-30 16:00:31 GMT)
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... 14.30 Uhr Kinderkrippenfeier. 16 Uhr Kinderchristmette. Ab 21 Uhr Einstimmung in
die Weihnacht. 21.30 Uhr Christ- mette mit dem Chor „Ensemble 96“. ...
www.adventszeit2003.de/christmetten/51_ne.pdf

... English Version. Österreichische Weihnacht 2004 vom 18. / 19. ... 22.30 Uhr Aufbruch
zur Mitternachts-Mette. 25. Dezember 2004, „Frohe Weihnachten“ ...
www.bernerhotel.com/deutsch/angebote_weihnachten.html

... Christmesse oder - mette auch Christvesper. ... E, nach oben. Elisenlebkuchen; Engel;
Engelskirchen; Epiphanie; Erzgebirgische Weihnacht F, nach oben. ...
www.weihnachtsseiten.de/brauchtum/christmette/home.html

Weiße\" Weihnacht An Weihnachten lassen sich viele Familien in Altbayern herzhafte
Weißwürste schmecken. ... Dezember nach der Christmesse (Mette) serviert. ...
www.weisswurstchampion.de/ studieren/brauchtum/weihnacht.php

... Wohl auch das Läuten ungezählter Glocken,. die Mitternachts zur Mette locken. ... Ach,
ich wünsche mir in diesem Jahr. Weihnacht, wie sie als Kind mir war. ...
www.beepworld.de/members31/ weihnachtszimmer/gaestegedichte.htm

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During the time when Waggerl wrote this it would def. have been the Midnight variety.

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Note added at 7 hrs 5 mins (2004-11-30 22:56:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Chris, not sure whether Karl Heinrich was one - you probably know it by now.

Seems an intersting job you are doing; very different from my nuts and bolts stories.

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Norbert Hermann
Local time: 00:40

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Thanks Norbert and others. So who used to be the altar boy, Norbert - you or Waggerl? A useful piece of trivia I discovered is that he lies in the same Wagrain graveyard as Joseph Mohr, composer of "Silent Night".
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Is the Midnight mass

Norbert Hermann

lit: "mass time" (religious)

Stefan Gunther

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mettenzeit lit: "mass time" (religious)

Explanation:
"Mette" typically refers to a mass in the evening or, specifically, the night before a high Christian holiday.

Stefan Gunther
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Local time: 19:40
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mettenzeit

Is the Midnight mass

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 00:40
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