Recommending The First Silent Night to you, a PBS documentary. I guess we could say that we were on a Silent Night viewing binge--we watched three videos on Amazon Prime this week. This is the best of the three. We were aware of the basics of the carol's origin, but the video gives much more background. The scenery is beautiful as well.
The description on Amazon:
Join renowned actor Simon Callow as he uncovers the moving origins of the song Silent Night that has been two hundred years in the making. A story that begins in humble circumstances, ends with the world's most popular carol. Simon journeys to the Austrian village of Oberndorf as well as the city of Salzburg, where the story of the world's favourite carol had its origins.
