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" O Tannenbaum" (German: [oː ˈtanənbaʊm]; "O fir tree"), known in English as "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree .
Irishman Jim Connell wrote the song's lyrics in 1889 in Nicholas Donovan's house. [8] There are six stanzas, each followed by the chorus. It is normally sung to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius", better known as the German carol "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree"), though Connell had wanted it sung to the tune of a pro-Jacobite Robert Burns anthem, "The White Cockade". [9]
"Snoopy's Christmas" reached the No. 1 position in the New Zealand and Australia [5] singles charts in 1967, and remains a popular Christmas song in those countries. The song was the fastest-selling single at the time it was originally released and is estimated to be the biggest selling overseas single sold in New Zealand in the 20th century. [ 6 ]
Winifred Lee Brent Lyster of Detroit wrote the original 1862 lyrics of "Michigan, My Michigan" to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" (known in English as "O Christmas Tree"), and which was also the melody of "Maryland, My Maryland", a former state song of the state of Maryland.
10. Birch, please! 11. Don’t go barking up the wrong Christmas tree. 12. Taken right before my cat tried to scale our Christmas tree. 13. Don’t ask how long it took to decorate this thing.
The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius" [2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861. The state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939. [3]
Here's the best modern and new Christmas music to refresh your holiday playlist in 2024, featuring hits from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
There are close to 15,000 farms growing Christmas trees across the 50 states, with approximately 350 million trees growing on them, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. U.S. tree ...