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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 .
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Celtic Woman: O Christmas Tree is the sixth Christmas-themed album by Irish musical ensemble Celtic Woman. The tracks were taken from the concert DVD, Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas, at The Helix in Dublin. It was the group's first album to consist entirely of live tracks. [1]
I.e. "Tannenbaum" is here not rendered "Christmas tree", although the text clearly states the song is "addressed to the Christmas fir-tree". The translation "O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree, your branches green delight us" seems to be much younger, perhaps dating to the 1970s. --dab 20:56, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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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]
Kevin Sprang, left, and Tom Sprang pose in a tree barn at the Sprang Christmas Tree and Wreath Farm, Friday, November 24, 2023, in Two Rivers, Wis. The firm celebrates 60 years of business.
Tannenbaum, and variations, may refer to: The German term for fir tree; Tannenbaum, Arkansas "O Tannenbaum", a Christmas carol of German origin; Operation Tannenbaum, the planned invasion of neutral Switzerland by Nazi Germany; Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding (or simply Tanenbaum), a New York–based non-profit organization