The oldest Christmas song turns 200 years, is not what you thought (Video)

Translated into 300 languages of the world, the oldest Christmas song Shilent Night [calm night] this year celebrates its 200th anniversary. For the first time, it was sung on the eve of the festival in Austria, in the village of Oberdorf.

It is said that the song was not always destined for guitar even though for the first time it was performed with exactly guitars by Joseph Mohr and melody composer Franz Xavier Gruber. According to one story, rats had destroyed their organ a few days before the party, and guitars were thus used.

For many around the world, the quiet night is a symbol of the festive Christmas spirit.

According to one study; in Africa, verses are sung under palm branches. In England verses are sung under the Mistel tree (a common name for most plants). The noisy melodia sounds from ice in Alaska and in the rain forests of South America, follows Periscope.

We remember that the song was sung in the accounts of World War I, and for many people, it wouldn't be the same without “ /Periscope