Originally it was sung to a simple guitar accompaniment ... He spoke German, so he called his poem 'Stille Nacht' which is German for 'Silent Night'. But two years passed before the song finally ...

When a Christmas Eve truce was declared on the WWI Battlefield, the hymn, “Silent Night” was sung in unison by the French, German and English troops. It is said that one group had started ...

3. The version we sing today is a translation As an Austrian German speaker, Joseph Mohr naturally wrote the lyrics to Silent Night in his native language – the original title being ‘Stille ...

“Silent Night”—or “Stille Nacht” in German—was heard being sung on both sides of the lines. The First World War had begun less than six months before, but soldiers on both sides of the ...