Today marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol Silent Night

Exactly 200 years ago today – Christmas Eve, 24th December 1818 – in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that would eventually be hailed as one of the most popular and beloved Christmas carols of all time. Silent Night was sung... Read More

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