Christmas is coming soon; can you feel it already?<\/p>\n
We\u2019re less than a month away from Christmas and the celebrations have already begun.<\/p>\n
People across the world are welcoming the holiday season with different celebrations and New York City had a special celebration to begin with.<\/p>\n
November 27, 2018 marked 200 years since our favorite carol \u2018Silent Night<\/strong>\u2019 was introduced to us.<\/p>\n For the first time ever, the Austrian carol was sung in US at a concert in a New York City church along with the song\u2019s English translation shared by a priest.<\/p>\n Austria\u2019s Kroll Family Singers and Trinity Church musicians performed the soothing Christmas carol at the Alexander Hamilton Memorial in the Trinity Churchyard.<\/p>\n Onlookers gathered and watched as singers filled the silence with the sweet melody at the darkened yard in front of the memorial.<\/p>\n The Kroll singers started the performance with the original German verses of the carol, which was followed by the Trinity singers French, Spanish and English.<\/p>\n When the performance ended outdoors, the singers went inside to perform another set of songs which ended with another rendition of Silent Night!<\/p>\n The song has a special place in everyone\u2019s heart is because of its simple melody and straightforward message said Elizabeth Frontull, Kroll group member.<\/p>\n “You sing it from the bottom of your heart; that’s the reason why the song is so popular,” she said.<\/p>\n About Silent Night\u2019s Origin<\/strong> Silent Night first emerged as a musical piece in December 1818, written by Joseph Mohr, a priest. It was accompanied by the beautiful symphony of Franz Xaver Guber in Oberndorf, Austria.<\/p>\n In 1859, Priest John Free Youngman published the first English translation of the carol\u2019s first three verses including the well known verse ending with \u201csleep in heavenly peace<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe concert\u2019s organizers believe that the song was first sung at the Trinity Church Location in 1839 by the Rainer family singers, a traveling singing group from Austria.<\/p>\n