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To: Exit148

O Holy Night is the best Christmas song ever. No other comes even close.


154 posted on 12/18/2021 3:32:54 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Der impfstoff macht frei. The vaccine will make you free. Your papers, please.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Did you know that O Holy Night wasn’t even written by a believer? The author, Placide Cappeau, was a French socialist who was asked to write a Christmas poem by the local parish priest. A couple of years later it was set to music to celebrate a new pipe organ. If you listen to the 3rd verse, a bit of the author’s political sentiment comes through with the breaking chains and slaves as brothers parts.

I agree though, it’s one of the best Christmas songs ever.


158 posted on 12/18/2021 5:53:21 PM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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