1. Jesus was not born on a 'silent night' The Christmas story paints Bethlehem as a 'quiet town', with several festive hymns and carols mentioning a 'silent night'. But according to Professor ...
Gruber could and Stille Nacht — Silent Night — duly made its debut ... Take the Revd Phillips Brooks (1835–93), who came up with O Little Town of Bethlehem in 1868 when he was rector of the Church of ...