20 C + M + B 11 - who has not ever wondered about such a chalk inscription on a door? were in those days and the carol singers on the road again in many places, blessings left in chalk on the doors and collect donations for charitable projects.
"That goes caroling at the mention of the Magi in Matthew [the book of Matthew in the New Testament] back to 2.1. In the sixth century, due to the three consecrated gifts (Matt. 2:11) and thought the cover of Ps [Psalm] 72 three people. These were in the eighth Century kings with the names Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. In the sixteenth century can be the custom of singing star show for the first time in a document. Until the twentieth century, mostly poor children and young people went on their own initiative from house to house and collected in kind and money for themselves and their families. Since the middle of the twentieth century, there are in Germany and Austria centralized Sternsinger actions. Collected will help mostly for development projects, the world's children in need. "( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternsinger )
Actions in Germany by the children's charity" The carolers organized ", the Children's Fund Catholic Church in Germany. The homepage http://www.sternsinger.org provides information on the actions of current aid projects worldwide, about their own history and much more.
The letter "C + M + B" are the way include the one hand the names Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, but also the blessing for the house at whose door they are written. It is an abbreviation of the Latin words "Christ mansionem benedicat" - "Christ bless this house".
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