In 2018, the popular Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first performance. The lyrics to ‘Silent Night’ were written by Austrian Roman Catholic priest Joseph Mohr ...

The gentle, familiar lyrics will emanate across the world on Christmas Eve, at church services, across radio airwaves and through living room speakers. Silent night, holy night. It’s a song that ...

Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been composed. Many fall quickly into obscurity. Not “Silent Night.” Translated into at least 300 languages, designated by UNESCO as a treasured ...

Silent Night is one of the world’s most loved Christmas carols. This film tells its story - from the composition, to the meaning of the lyrics, to how Silent Night was declared an Intangible Cultural ...

The names Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber have largely vanished into the annals of Christmas tormentors, but their greatest triumph lives on. “Silent Night,” which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in ...

Everyone knows 'Silent Night' -- it's one of the most peaceful and representative holiday classics out there. On his new album, Justin Bieber tips a hat to the 1800s Christmas ballad by, well, not ...

A Stratford elementary school music teacher's decision to have students try singing different lyrics to "Silent Night" was met with disapproval after a parent called in to complain on a morning radio ...

This article by Sarah Eyerly is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the ...