But while Mohr wrote his lyrics in 1816, “Silent Night” would not be performed until Christmas Eve 1818, when Mohr gave his poem to a friend, Franz Xaver Gruber, a teacher and organist in ...

Since 1818, “Silent Night” has been translated from German into hundreds of languages. There are about a dozen different translations just in English, with an 1850s version the most widely ...

Over 200 years ago, an Austrian priest teamed up with a schoolteacher to perform the first rendition of ‘Silent Night.’ Little did they know that it would one day be sung in over 300 languages.

The Silent Night Chapel, which is in the town of Oberndorf in the Austrian state of Salzburg, is a monument to the Christmas carol "Silent Night." The chapel stands on the site of the former St ...

The lyrics of "holy night" in the popular Christmas carol were substituted with "solstice night." "First of all, solstice night sounds like its witchcraft, winter solstice, but it's absolutely ...

The traditional Christmas song “Silent Night” has been covered by thousands of artists, including Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra.

One of the world’s most famous Christmas carols, “Silent Night,” celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2018. Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been composed.