The traditional Christmas concert enchants every year with classic and popular Christmas music from all over the world. The most touching program highlights of the Vienna Christmas Concert.

The young pastor Peter Hell, kind and philanthropic, is the subject of gossip spread by the hateful Wurzelsepp, who was once refused marriage.

Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented.

The Catholic priest Hell takes the orphan Annerl into his house as a maid. This soon gives rise to wild rumors in the town. To put an end to the gossip, the young woman decides to get married. Her old childhood friend is the chosen one.

The world renowned Vienna Boys' Choir performs a variety of works by Mozart in this release of a 1988 performance captured live at Hofburg Chapel in Vienna and the Parish Church of St. Stephen in Baden bei Wien. Selections featured in this release are "Missa solemnis in C Minor, K 139 'Waisenhaus Mass'", "Alma Dei creatoris, K 277", "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K 273", "Inter natos mulierum, K 72", "Sub tuum praesidium K198", and "Ave verum corpus K 618". ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This documentary tells the story of the creation and cultural impact of the world's most famous Christmas carol, composed in 1818 in Salzburg, Austria, and since then translated into about 140 languages.

At the Vienna Konzerthaus, the magical Christmas gala brings together Julie Fuchs and Ludovic Tézier to perform traditional carols. The programme includes Adolphe Adam's ‘Minuit chrétien’, ‘Les anges dans nos campagnes’ and ‘Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris’, followed by “Hallelujah” from Handel's ‘Messiah’.