Holiday Music
Not all Holiday Music has this.
What is Religious Connections
Franz Gruber
Who wrote Silent Night?
This is when the Christmas Truce took place.
When is 1914?
This is when Mohr asked Gruber to compose the music for Silent Night.
What is Christmas Eve?
This happened to the church organ so that Silent Night could not be debuted on it.
What is flooding?
What is Christmas
James Lord Pierpont, who composed "Jingle Bells" lived here.
Where is Massachusetts?
This was a song for believers that played a part in the Christmas Truce.
What is "O Come All Ye Faithful"?
These are the other other types of songs that Pierpont wrote, in addition to "Jingle Bells".
What are Civil War Anthems.
Montgomery Ward was this kind of business that distributed promotional pamphlets to children each year.
What is a Department Store?
Many lyrics to Christian Songs start out like this.
What is (written in) Latin.
Placide Cappeau was a French Poet who wrote this.
What is "O Holy Night"?
The soldiers "volleyed" these back and forth from the trenches.
What are carols?
John Sullivan Dwight translated "O Holy Night" and included this in his translation.
What is a political statement?
In 1942 this famous Christmas Song became the basis of a movie staring Fred Astair and Bing Crosby.
What is "White Christmas"?
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" started out as this?
What is a story?
Irving Berlin wrote this light colored holiday tune.
What is "White Christmas"?
This is the area between the trenches where the soldiers played soccer during the Christmas Truce.
What is No Mans Land?
"O Holy Night" make its record breaking radio debut on this night in 1906.
When is Christmas Eve?
When Bing Crosby performed for these people, the most requested song was "White Christmas".
What are the troops (overseas)?
Not on the church organ.
What is how was Silent Night originally performed?
John Francis Wade was an English Musician who wrote this night-time song.
What is "O Holy Night"?
This song was also a part of the Christmas Truce lore.
What is Silent Night?
John May was inspired by his youth when he felt like an outcast to write this story.
What is "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"?
This type of family member helped John May turn "Rudolph" into the famous song we still know today.
What is his (song-writing) brother-in-law?