Christmas America. In America, interest in Christmas had been revived in the 1820s by several short stories by Washington Irving which appear in his "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." and "Old Christmas". Irving's stories depicted harmonious warm-hearted English Christmas festivities he experienced while staying in Aston Hall, Birmingham, England, that had largely been abandoned, and he used the tract "Vindication of Christmas" (1652) of Old English Christmas traditions, that he had transcribed into his journal as a format for his stories. In 1822, Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (popularly known by its first
Saint Nicholas Church, Lezhe June 2018. Restoration has now finished. Saint Nicholas Church, Lezhe The Church of Saint Nicholas, former Selimije Mosque (Albanian: "Xhamia e Selimies"), or Church-Mosque of Lezha ("Kisha-Xhami") is a ruined historic church and mosque where the remains of Skanderbeg are said to be preserved in Lezhë, Albania. It is now turned to the Mausoleum of Skanderbeg. It is now used as Skanderbeg's Mausoleum in Lezhë, Albania. Originally, the building was a church, named after Saint Nicholas. Until this day, a fresco of the saint is still present in the remains of the church, although heavily damaged. The Church was located