A few nights ago, on the first really cold night in Virginia, I walked past a woman on the streets of Alexandria who was playing an instrument and singing all the verses to “Silent Night.” There was, ...

A SONG FOR THE WORLD – A SPECIAL ON THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS CAROL NARRATED BY HUGH BONNEVILLE – A musical film documentary about the creation and cultural impact of the world's most famous ...

But what is the history and meaning of the song beyond its tender qualities? That’s what we’re going to dive into here today. The Song’s History and Meaning Composed in 1818 by Franz Gruber (not to be ...

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.

You can thank a couple of mice — apparently — for the world's most popular Christmas song. Mice gnaw things, leather included. Leather is what an organ bellows is made of. And an organ is what the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- Butch Dallmann of Alexandria grew up hearing stories about his great-great-great-grandfather, an Austrian organist and choir master named Franz Gruber. In the small Austrian ...

Christmas Eve 2018 marks bicentennial of the classic carol. Silent Night Memorial Chapel in the Austrian village of Oberndorf stands on the original site of St. Nicholas Church, where the Christmas ...

An Irish artist's haunting rendition of "Silent Night" shot in an eerily quiet Killarney will pull on your heartstrings. Grace Foley's take on the timeless Christmas hymn feels especially poignant in ...

At the end of 1945, in a little Michigan town close to where the “thumb” of the lower peninsula meets the “fingers,” the aspiring sign painter Wally Bronner, 18, held an exhibition of Christmas ...

“Last Christmas” – Wham! (Merry Synthmas!) “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” – Ella Fitzgerald “Merry Christmas, Darling” – The Carpenters “Christmas Wrapping” – The Waitresses ...

Don McLean, the iconic artist and musician behind the mega-hit "American Pie" and other well-known hit songs, has just released a new album of classic Christmas tunes — and shared a personal ...

Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania (CASP) is encouraging all Christians to join in a socially distant, yet spiritually unified, “Silent Night” singalong on Christmas Eve. The event will ...