Did you know... Silent Night...
By ahgong
@ahgong (10064)
Singapore
November 28, 2008 1:31am CST
The famous Silent Night was written in 1818 by Austrian priest, Joseph Mohr. He was told on Christmas Eve that the church organ was broken and would not be fixed in time for the evening’s celebration.
He was saddened by this and could not think of Christmas without music. So he wanted to write a carol that the choir could sing to guitar music. He sat down and wrote three stanzas. Later that night the people in the little Austrian Church sang Stille Nacht for the first time.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
28 Nov 08
I only heard about the song when i was young, but never know about the background.. haha =D There was once i actually dunno that silent night is a christmas song.. lol =D Because silent night is what we will always sing whenever we have campfires, and we are bound to sing that song.. lol =D
But as i grow older, i then realise my mistake.. hehe ^_^
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
1 Dec 08
ha ha ha ha ha... I am sure you are not the first one to make that mistake as well.
Well, I remember silent night from the little christmas clip from Disney a long long time ago.
The one where Mickey and gang were doing carols on christmas. And Scrooge Mcduck is the Scrooge in the famous christmas story about the three ghosts of christmas.
Very nice cartoon to watch.
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
1 Dec 08
ha ha ha ha ha... I think the title of the story is call "Christmas Carol"
The three ghosts are the Christmas ghost of the past, the Christmas ghost of the present and the Christmas ghost of the future.
Very entertaining. Used to see it every christmas when I was a kid. Now, I rarely see the disney version being screened. It would be nice to watch it again. 
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@maxilimian (3099)
• Indonesia
1 Dec 08
i don't know before if you are familiar with Christmas song I just know the background of the song from you 
I just know the background of the song from you 1 person likes this
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Nov 08
Silent Night is beautiful, I always love to hear it. But I didn't know that part. I guess I can close my eyes and see how it would sound beautiful with instrumentals only.
You're on a roll today, lots of interesting trivia to digest :):)
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
1 Dec 08
he he he... I have been collecting them for a while now.
Been a while since I managed to clear all the inbox notifications.
So, got some extra time to start posting.
Now gotta get my idea box filled again before I can go ahead with more new discussions. Replying to other people's discussion is keeping me plenty busy!
@redzredula (466)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
wow! thanks for the information! it can add up in my brain. thank you. at least i know right now where it is originated.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
1 Dec 08
Yeah... interesting isn't it, the little know facts.
Sure makes us realise that we do not know that much after all.
I love to discover these little nuggets of information.
It is always a pleasure to share them as well when I do find them.
Glad that you can learn from it as much as I did.
