The famous Christmas carol, "Holy Night," was first performed on December 24, 1818, in St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria. Joseph Mohr, the parish priest, is said to have written the lyrics two years earlier, giving them the form of a poem. Although one can only speculate about the…
Written in 1941, this Christmas carol, inspired by a 20th-century Czech lullaby, The Little Drummer Boy, was written by a teacher and classical composer named Katherine K. Davis. Originally titled Carol of the Drum, it was intended for an amateur choir composed solely of…
