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Silent Night: Celebrating the 200th anniversary of one of the world’s most-beloved Christmas carols

Silent Night Chapel

Capilla Memorial Noche de Paz, en Oberndorf, Austria, donde se interpretó por primera vez la canción Noche de Paz. Source: Salzburg Land Tourism

Silent Night is been sung by an estimated two billion people around the globe in more than 300 languages and dialects.


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By Biljana Ristic, Maria Schaller

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Silent Night is been sung by an estimated two billion people around the globe in more than 300 languages and dialects.


As the word-famous Christmas carol turns 200 years this Christmas Eve, SBS spoke to Gerhard Leskovar, Marketing Manager at Salzburg´s Tourist Board, about the song´s origins, its meaning and how the anniversary is being celebrated.


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