Not-so-silent night. (catholic tastes).

The solemn night of Christmas, observed with the customary 12-hour-long nightly "Great Silence," was ruined for the Cistercian monks on Wales' Caldey Island Caldey Island (called in Welsh, Ynys Bŷr, after an early abbot) lies south of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The island is home to a small village, but is best known for its monastery. when a drunken guest of the monastery monastery

Local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. Christian monasteries originally developed in Egypt, where the monks first lived as isolated hermits and then began to coalesce in communal groups. belted out Welsh hymns and carols. No one moved to quiet the guest because the monks could not speak. (Chicago Reader The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1971<ref name="Reader "about" page">About the Chicago Reader, Inc. Publications. Chicago Reader, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. , Aug. 18, 2000)

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