"Silent Night" is possibly the most widely known and beloved of all Christmas carols. For members of various Mohr families in the Quad-City region, it is occasionally used as a funeral song as well, ...

If there's one song that captures the true spirit of Christmas, it must be "Silent Night." The song's message of peace has been sung in more than 300 languages. Everyone from Elvis to Nat King Cole to ...

The names Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber have largely vanished into the annals of Christmas tormentors, but their greatest triumph lives on. “Silent Night,” which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in ...

The Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. The most famous carol of all was dashed off in just a few hours -- out of desperation -- on Christmas Eve Day. It happened two centuries ago ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. "Silent Night" (in German "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") is ...

Scottish, German and French soldiers fraternized during the Christmas Eve truce in act II of “Silent Night.” ROY INMAN From living nightmare to waking dream, the opera “Silent Night” is a powerful ...