A Time magazine study in 2014 found that “Silent Night” is the most popular Christmas song ever, with 733 copyrighted recordings. Originally written in German, ‘Stille Nacht’ was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber with lyrics by Joseph Mohr, and was translated to English in 1859. More @Wikipedia
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