Did you know that there's a very special song that's based on a true incident? During the Franco-Prussian War, a Christmas Eve battle was stopped when a French soldier climbed out of his trench and sang "O Holy Night!" A silence settled over the battlefield as soldiers on both sides listened. And when the French soldier finished, a German soldier answered back with a German Christmas song. For a few short moments, Christmas silenced the guns.
Adolph Adam wrote this Christmas carol in the 19th. century, and it has been sung ever since! In French speaking countries, the carol is played at Midnight on Christmas Eve, just before the Midnight Mass begins. In some Churches in Montreal, it's the opening hymn of Midnight Mass! Popular versions of this song include those by Luciano Pavarotti(who sings it in English & French), Johnny Mathis, Celine Dion and Josh Groban.
That's the first carol. The second one will be coming up soon.
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