In today's special Christmas episode, I talk about the story behind another famous Christmas carol from the past.
Picture yourself on Christmas Eve standing in a nineteenth-century Catholic church in France. The spacious and dim Gothic church filled with a resounding sound of the organ playing, and a trained opera singer boisterously singing O Holy Night. This is the backdrop in which we find the origins of the famous Christmas Carol O Holy Night.
O Holy Night -Josh Groban
https://open.spotify.com/track/6JY1Bv099vhkeAHuSjNlQJ?si=84a4feef5b154033
O Holy Night- Carrie Underwood
https://open.spotify.com/track/74rJ9nNHKz6ETCq9ducBlP?si=d6abd1185e124af7
Sources:
Collins, A. (2001). Stories Behind the Best-Loved songs of Christmas. Zondervan.
Grant, A. (2014). The Carols of Christmas: A Celebration of the Surprising Stories Behind Your favorite Holiday Songs. Nelson Books.
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/occasions/christmas/o-holy-night-original-lyrics-composer-recordings/
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