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HUGH BONNEVILLE:
December the 24th, 1818,

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a young priest, Joseph Mohr,

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sets out from Oberndorf

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to visit his friend,
Franz Gruber.

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Together, these devout young men
will put Joseph's poem,

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entitled "Silent Night",
to music.

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The young priest
has modest ambitions.

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He simply wishes to sing
some words of hope

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to his local parish that night
at Christmas mass.

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[music]

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HUGH: Franz Gruber
is a teacher, organist,

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and sacristan in Arnsdorf,

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a small community
just north of Salzburg.

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As evening descends,

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he anxiously awaits
the arrival of his friend.

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Franz knows just how perilous
the long trek

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through the winter snow can be.

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[music]

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[knocks on door]

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[music]

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HUGH:
For two passionate musicians,

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it doesn't take long
to find the perfect melody

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for Joseph Mohr's divine words.

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Franz Gruber has no inkling

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that he has just created
history.

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He would later write
in his diary,

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"It is only
a simple composition,

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"without any special meaning."

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SINGERS:
[singing in foreign language]

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It was Christmas 1818,

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at a time of bitter desperation
and need,

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Joseph and Franz performed
"Silent Night, Holy Night"

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for the first time
during Christmas mass.

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They were accompanied
by a solo guitar,

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for their fellow Austrians
suffering terrible hardship

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following the Napoleonic Wars,

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this was indeed a song of peace
and of hope.

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Joseph Mohr seems to be guided
by a divine hand

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to the Salzburg Alps,

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where he wrote the poem
of his life.

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With Franz Gruber,
he created a song

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that would eventually be shared
each Christmas

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by more than two billion voices
around the world.

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But it would take many years
for the world's chorus

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to join Joseph's
gentle message of hope.

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A hundred and seventeen years
would pass,

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but having reached
out via Hamburg,

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across the Atlantic,
to choirs in New York,

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and eventually California,

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"Silent Night"
would find one timeless voice.

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[guitar music plays]

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HUGH: By 1934,

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Bing Crosby
is already the best-selling

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recording artist in the world.

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At this time, Bing's home
is near Palm Springs,

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in the small oasis
of Rancho Mirage.

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Meanwhile, his recording
technology business

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can be found on Sunset Boulevard
in Los Angeles.

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The building is still
there today.

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I grew up thinking
it was a Bing Crosby song.

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And we knew it in English
from Bing Crosby,

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and we knew it
in Spanish, because

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those were
the two languages that

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were the most famous,
I would say, in America.

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But every school child
around the world

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will sing this song
in their language.

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And that's-that's how
you know the song

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has just completely
transcended popular culture

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into-into world history.

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HUGH:
It will be a chance meeting

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that leads Bing Crosby
to record "Silent Night".

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One Sunday,
in the late autumn of 1934,

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Bing and his brother Larry
are busy preparing

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for his annual
Christmas radio special.

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At the time, this is 1934,

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Bing Crosby was the most
successful singer in the world.

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And everyone knew Bing's voice,

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but people tend to forget
that Bing was a pioneer

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in the music recording
technology.

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If you wanted the best
recording equipment in town,

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you had to go
to Bing Crosby Enterprises,

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which is run by Bing
and his-his brother, Larry.

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Please accept my apology, Larry,

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this morning,
for this intrusion.

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But I have a proposal
for Mr. Crosby.

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Is he at home this morning?

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BILL CROSBY: Oh, father.

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It's been a while.

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What can I do for you?

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RICHARD GRANAHAN:
I have a proposal for you.

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Do you have a minute?

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Richard Ranaghan
was a Columban father,

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a missionary.

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And he was shooting
a film in China

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using a-a hand-crank camera.

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And it-it wasn't
turning out well at all,

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and he proudly
wanted to title it

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"The Cross and the Dragon."

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But the footage was not good,

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it was inadequate.

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So he knew he had to make
a pilgrimage

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to the only man

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that could save the film.

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Well, Father,

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we should be able
to knock that out.

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And maybe add a musical pattern,

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so people will know
what it's about.

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RICHARD: You mean a soundtrack?

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You wanna use this film
to raise money for the mission.

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Might as well add
a background, too.

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Say, uh,
maybe you could sing a song.

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"Silent Night".

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Could you perhaps
sing "Silent Night"?

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Well, Father,

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sacred songs
are a little out of my league

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for a crooner like myself,
you understand.

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Mr. Crosby, the recording will
only be heard at the parishes.

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Finally,
Ranaghan talks Bing

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into recording the song.

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No-no special
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nothing fancy,

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Bing just sang it
as he would any other song.

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And fate played its part

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because it was the most
successful song

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- for Bing that year.
- BING: ♪ Silent Night... ♪

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And the third
most successful single

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- of all time.
- ♪ ...holy night ♪

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♪ All is calm ♪

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♪ All is bright ♪

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♪ Round yon virgin ♪

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♪ Mother and Child ♪

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♪ Holy infant ♪

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♪ So tender and mild ♪

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What the song has meant
in the annals of history,

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to so many people,

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was something
I admittedly didn't know

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when I first recorded the song.

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I was basing my understanding
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on other artists
that I heard sing it.

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It was a cover of another
Christmas song, you know.

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I didn't deep dive
into the history of it

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because I was so concerned
about how we would make it new.

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I didn't--I wasn't thinking
so deeply about the old with it.

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And so, to learn about
its roots in Salzburg,

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to learn about its history

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through the course
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sends chills down your spine.

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It's-it's an incredible gift

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that keeps on
giving as a singer,

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to know about a story

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that deep and that profound.

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And-and inspires whenever
I sing it in the future.

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So, it's-it's-it's-it's
a lovely-lovely story.

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There wasn't a cloud in the sky
on April the 30th, 1818.

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Bright and unseasonably hot
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it was Ascension Day
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The city presented a glorious
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but the flowers bent to a strong
southeasterly wind that day.

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The Field Marshal,
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was about to visit the city.

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The garrison troops gathered
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were ready to salute
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At any moment,
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to receive this festive honor.

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Suddenly, there was cannon fire
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The crowd assumed it
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they looked 'round
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But rather than
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the cannon warned
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HUGH: The blaze
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and fanned by the hot winds,

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it engulfed Salzburg
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After raging over
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the eastern half of the city
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And as if heaven-sent,

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"Silent Night" will emerge
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[singing in foreign language]

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Literally, my first
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when I was a sophomore
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we went to Vienna,

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that was the very first place
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and got to hear them sing,
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I mean, you have,
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who aren't generally listening
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sobbing.

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Like, because
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And-and there's just
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the--a boy singing like that,

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like--before they become men.

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When you hear something
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it moves you,
no matter what the language is.

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And there's just some songs,

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and I feel like "Silent Night"
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that when you sing,
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it--you--it doesn't even--
it's so weird,

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you--it-it transcends
the lyrics,

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it transcends the music.

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It's the--it's the whole vibe
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it's the melody that really
just captures your heart.

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And I think that's why
I could be in Germany,

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I could be in Japan,

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I could be anywhere
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And if I start singing
certain songs like that,

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like Silent Night,
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and then, it--there's--
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there's this connection.

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HUGH: Winter in the Tyrol
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is a picture of bleak beauty.

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The romantic idyll
is a cold reality

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of long months
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It's here in the Alps
that we find a family quartet

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well-known for spreading warmth
and song across the Tyrol.

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Eventually,
they will become famous

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for bringing "Silent Night"
to Europe and beyond.

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They are the Rainer siblings.

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SINGERS:
[singing in foreign language]

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HUGH: During the winter of 1822,

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Emperor Franz Joseph
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and Czar Alexander I of Russia

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reside at Fugen Castle.

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One evening,
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to entertain the royal guests.

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One of the songs they perform
is "Silent Night".

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[singing in foreign language]

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HUGH: The illustrious guests
are so captivated

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by their performance that
the Czar extends the Rainers

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an invitation to Russia.

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From here, the siblings
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across all of Europe.

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HUGH: Word spreads about
the Rainers' vocal talents.

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Touring across Europe's
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they will enchant audiences,

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including King George IV
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[music]

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- SINGERS: ♪ Silent Night... ♪
- HUGH: From Europe,

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the Rainer siblings cross
the stormy seas of the Atlantic,

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to arrive in New York
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Feeling blessed
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the Rainers visit Trinity Church
on Broadway.

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Here, in this haven
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the Rainers give thanks
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for the first time
in the United States.

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♪ Beckoning Israel's ♪

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♪ Eye from afar♪

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♪ Where the Savior ♪

255
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♪ Is born ♪

256
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♪ where the Savior ♪

257
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♪ Is born ♪

258
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[music]

259
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JOSS STONE: ♪ Oh, hail ♪

260
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[music]

261
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JOSS: ♪ Silent night ♪

262
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♪ Holy night ♪

263
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♪ All is calm ♪

264
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♪ All is bright ♪

265
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♪ Round yon virgin ♪

266
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♪ Mother and Child ♪

267
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♪ Holy infant ♪

268
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♪ So tender and mild ♪

269
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♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪

270
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♪ Peace ♪

271
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♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪

272
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♪ Peace ♪

273
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To ask, "When did I first hear
'Silent Night'"?

274
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Is kind of like asking me,

275
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"When did you first breathe
in and out?"

276
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It's part of us, isn't it?

277
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I cannot remember.

278
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That's so--that's such
a crazy thought.

279
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I just can't remember.

280
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♪ ...at the sight ♪

281
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♪ Glories stream ♪

282
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♪ From heaven afar ♪

283
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I've always been
a little bit Christmas-obsessed.

284
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So when it gets to the time,

285
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or even like
a little bit close to it,

286
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I'm just going for it,

287
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like I make little hampers,

288
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and I decorate my house
and myself.

289
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I mean, yes, there is
the money-making thing.

290
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We mustn't deny this fact.

291
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Of course, it is.
You know,

292
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so is Valentine's Day
and things like that.

293
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But, so?

294
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I don't care.

295
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Make as much money as you like.

296
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I'm having a fantastic time,

297
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and so is everyone else.

298
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Christmas has morphed.

299
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It's not just about Jesus

300
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and, you know, things like that.

301
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There are a lot
of wonderful stories in that.

302
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And I like the idea of,
you know,

303
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the starry night
and the Three Kings

304
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with their myrrh,
and incense, and lovely things.

305
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And they're making this trek
and this journey.

306
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And this woman that,
you know,

307
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is a virgin,
who's having a baby.

308
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And it's like, ugh,
it's so magical of a story.

309
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[music]

310
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JOSS: ♪ Alleluia ♪

311
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♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

312
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[music]

313
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JOSS: ♪ Silent night ♪

314
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♪ Holy night ♪

315
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♪ All is calm ♪

316
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♪ All is bright ♪

317
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♪ Round yon virgin ♪

318
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♪ Mother and Child ♪

319
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♪ Holy infant ♪

320
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♪ So tender and mild ♪

321
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♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪

322
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♪ Peace ♪

323
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♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪

324
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♪ Peace ♪

325
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And it does make you think,

326
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well, what about the people

327
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that can't actually even buy

328
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a Christmas present
for their children?

329
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Let's not forget
about everybody else.

330
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Because for-for some people,

331
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Christmas is a crap time
of year.

332
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It's a very stressful situation,

333
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where they're thinking,
"Hang on a minute.

334
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"I've got four kids,

335
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"and I can only really afford
one present.

336
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"And if we're gonna have
Christmas dinner,

337
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"I can only get one present."
So, you know,

338
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this is something
that-that is real.

339
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[music]

340
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HUGH: The Christmas carol
of all Christmas carols

341
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has an unforgettable melody.

342
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A melody that, for most of us,

343
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is first shared as children
amongst loved ones.

344
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"Silent Night" is so woven

345
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into our deepest feelings
of affection and nostalgia

346
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that it's no wonder it lives on
all over the world,

347
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as a folk song, a duet,

348
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for choirs,
for instrumentalists,

349
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or even as a stage play.

350
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It always touches us
in the same way.

351
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MAN: ♪ And ye shall find ♪

352
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HUGH: With interpretations
of the song

353
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in over 300 languages,

354
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it seems every corner
of the world

355
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has adopted "Silent Night"
as its own.

356
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MAN: ♪ But there's the one
for every one ♪

357
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So, that--honestly, when I...

358
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first start talking
about the show,

359
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"Silent--My Silent Night",

360
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it really--

361
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it made it come alive for me
when I came to Salzburg,

362
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to be honest with you,
and that's really when

363
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we went to the original church.

364
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I played on the original organ

365
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that he played on.

366
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For me,
I think I had to go

367
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experience the place

368
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to get a sense
of the place and time,

369
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and that's what was
wonderful for me.

370
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And then, that's really
when it started to come alive.

371
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SINGERS: ♪ If every day
is Christmas ♪

372
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♪ That would be just fine ♪

373
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♪ Because all the world
is brighter ♪

374
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♪ With the lights
of Christmas time ♪

375
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♪ If kindness
is my weakness ♪

376
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And what was
so meaningful to me

377
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is the idea that "Silent Night"
was written

378
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in the German language,

379
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instead of in Latin,

380
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and that that was pretty
revolutionary at the time,

381
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and that it was meant to be
for the people,

382
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for common people

383
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in a time when there was
a lot of disruption,

384
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and there--
they had just come out of a war.

385
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And so, the idea that this song

386
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was an attempt to use music

387
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to communicate hope and peace,

388
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and the beauty that they saw

389
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in their religion,
and also in their community

390
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was foundational to the show.

391
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[goat bleats]

392
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[music]

393
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SINGERS: ♪ God and sinners
reconciled ♪

394
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It's a universal phenomenon.

395
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It's-it's a universal message.

396
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It's-it's a song
that has a place

397
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in people's hearts
and minds,

398
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and memories of family,
and celebration,

399
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and the-the holiday season.

400
00:23:16.928 --> 00:23:20.432
It's just a song
that brings up

401
00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:24.236
a lot of family memories

402
00:23:24.269 --> 00:23:26.872
for-for a lot of people
all over the world.

403
00:23:26.905 --> 00:23:28.940
It's an amazing piece of music

404
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that has really stood
the test of time.

405
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SINGERS: ♪ ...with the dawn
of redeeming grace ♪

406
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♪ Jesus Lord at thy birth ♪

407
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♪ Jesus Lord at thy birth ♪

408
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Christmas is, of course,
the annual celebration

409
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of the birth of Jesus Christ.

410
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For most Christians,
the commemoration

411
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of the nativity of Jesus

412
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is on the 25th of December.

413
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And in the West,
celebrations have always begun

414
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on the previous evening,
on Christmas Eve.

415
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In many countries, though,

416
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Christmas is already heralded

417
00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:18.356
by twinkling lights and festive
markets as early as November.

418
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Salzburg exemplifies
this tradition

419
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with its 525-year-old
Christkindlmarkt.

420
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Indeed, Christmas markets
can be traced back

421
00:24:27.466 --> 00:24:30.735
to the late middle ages
in the old Holy Roman Empire.

422
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Today, Advent is still ushered

423
00:24:33.772 --> 00:24:36.041
in all over the world,
with a festive market

424
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bringing communities together
to buy presents,

425
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and to share food.

426
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[music]

427
00:24:58.530 --> 00:25:01.666
Christmas time in Salzburg
is simply fantastic.

428
00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:04.536
I was here
for my first Mozart Week.

429
00:25:04.569 --> 00:25:07.138
A new production, Lucio Silla,
was being sung here.

430
00:25:07.172 --> 00:25:09.307
And I was here
during rehearsals.

431
00:25:09.341 --> 00:25:12.410
It's so wonderful,
so spiritual,

432
00:25:12.444 --> 00:25:15.146
and it really
is something very special.

433
00:25:19.551 --> 00:25:23.188
In Mexico, Christmas time
has a lot of music.

434
00:25:24.189 --> 00:25:26.458
There's a lot of rhythm
in the music.

435
00:25:26.491 --> 00:25:29.127
The villancicos are important.

436
00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:31.663
You celebrate with much joy,
much happiness,

437
00:25:31.696 --> 00:25:33.265
and much light.

438
00:25:33.298 --> 00:25:35.534
And Christmas spent
with family and friends,

439
00:25:35.567 --> 00:25:38.036
of course,
is a wonderful time.

440
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[music]

441
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My first Christmas recollection

442
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came with "Noche de paz."

443
00:25:51.416 --> 00:25:53.752
It's a song that just comes
when we're all together.

444
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♪ Noche de paz, noche de amor ♪

445
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Then, I went to a German school,
and, of course,

446
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I learned there
that the original is in German.

447
00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:07.165
And so, really
this is perhaps

448
00:26:07.198 --> 00:26:09.868
the most famous Christmas song
there is.

449
00:26:11.169 --> 00:26:13.505
Translated everywhere.

450
00:26:13.538 --> 00:26:16.608
So, perhaps my first memory
of Christmas music

451
00:26:16.641 --> 00:26:18.443
is "Silent Night."

452
00:26:18.476 --> 00:26:20.946
I mean, that became...

453
00:26:20.979 --> 00:26:24.049
[vocalizing]

454
00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:31.122
Without words,
it sounds--

455
00:26:31.156 --> 00:26:33.325
it does good, that melody.

456
00:26:34.426 --> 00:26:37.262
And it lets us--
it moves us

457
00:26:37.295 --> 00:26:40.065
really, really like a lullaby.

458
00:26:42.334 --> 00:26:44.936
But it isn't a lullaby.

459
00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:47.472
It also has something
that let's our soul dance.

460
00:26:47.505 --> 00:26:49.307
[vocalizing]

461
00:26:49.341 --> 00:26:50.742
And then, again that note.

462
00:26:50.775 --> 00:26:53.812
[vocalizing]

463
00:27:05.490 --> 00:27:07.993
Those movements in the music.

464
00:27:08.026 --> 00:27:10.862
And then, there is a return
to that serenity.

465
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[vocalizing]

466
00:27:17.969 --> 00:27:19.604
And then, finally,

467
00:27:19.638 --> 00:27:21.973
it opens up like a flower.

468
00:27:22.007 --> 00:27:24.175
And then,
it's not quite finished.

469
00:27:24.209 --> 00:27:25.844
It's not a heroic song.

470
00:27:25.877 --> 00:27:28.613
[vocalizing]

471
00:27:31.883 --> 00:27:34.886
Then, it comes back
to Earth once more, to everyone.

472
00:27:39.024 --> 00:27:42.694
It starts like a caress
that goes on and on.

473
00:27:42.727 --> 00:27:45.463
The chest opens up,
the music emerges,

474
00:27:45.497 --> 00:27:47.298
and then, once again,

475
00:27:47.332 --> 00:27:48.967
it comes back,

476
00:27:51.736 --> 00:27:54.139
with everything
that is brought by that message,

477
00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:57.375
and the meaning that it has,

478
00:27:57.409 --> 00:27:59.644
and brings it back.

479
00:27:59.678 --> 00:28:02.180
And in that sense,
"Silent Night"

480
00:28:02.213 --> 00:28:03.848
is perfect as a title.

481
00:28:04.849 --> 00:28:07.585
"Silent Night",
it's fantastic.

482
00:28:08.687 --> 00:28:11.723
[Rolando sings
in Spanish]

483
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GAVIN ROSSDALE:
♪ So this is Christmas ♪

484
00:29:13.318 --> 00:29:15.653
♪ What have you done? ♪

485
00:29:15.687 --> 00:29:17.021
In smaller communities,

486
00:29:17.055 --> 00:29:19.357
Christmas is a profoundly
different experience,

487
00:29:19.390 --> 00:29:22.594
to the bustling capitals
of London or New York.

488
00:29:22.627 --> 00:29:25.330
There, you certainly
won't feel it's the silent time

489
00:29:25.363 --> 00:29:26.698
of the year.

490
00:29:26.731 --> 00:29:29.834
But it's always wonderful
in its own special way.

491
00:29:29.868 --> 00:29:33.304
GAVIN:
♪ So this is Christmas ♪

492
00:29:34.873 --> 00:29:37.809
♪ I hope you have fun ♪

493
00:29:40.512 --> 00:29:43.381
♪ The near and the dear ones ♪

494
00:29:45.917 --> 00:29:48.586
♪ The old and the young ♪

495
00:29:51.089 --> 00:29:54.325
SINGERS:
♪ A very merry Christmas ♪

496
00:29:56.561 --> 00:30:00.331
♪ And a happy new year ♪

497
00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:06.070
♪ Let's hope it's a good one ♪

498
00:30:07.605 --> 00:30:11.476
♪ Without any fears ♪

499
00:30:13.278 --> 00:30:16.114
♪ So this is Christmas ♪

500
00:30:16.147 --> 00:30:18.583
It's a little colder,
a little darker in England.

501
00:30:18.616 --> 00:30:21.820
So, the Christmases
feel more traditional.

502
00:30:21.853 --> 00:30:24.522
But they make a good--

503
00:30:24.556 --> 00:30:26.291
they make a lot of effort here,

504
00:30:26.324 --> 00:30:27.959
and there's a lot
of-of Christmas feeling

505
00:30:27.992 --> 00:30:29.460
in parties and people around,

506
00:30:29.494 --> 00:30:33.464
but, yeah, I think
that I-I do--I--

507
00:30:33.498 --> 00:30:36.034
you know, Christmas
in Europe is pretty special.

508
00:30:36.067 --> 00:30:38.036
♪ And so happy Christmas ♪

509
00:30:40.271 --> 00:30:43.408
♪ For black and for White ♪

510
00:30:45.910 --> 00:30:48.780
♪ For yellow and red ones ♪

511
00:30:51.382 --> 00:30:54.552
♪ Let's stop all the fights ♪

512
00:30:56.888 --> 00:31:01.993
SINGERS:
♪ A very merry Christmas ♪

513
00:31:02.026 --> 00:31:05.663
♪ And a happy new year ♪

514
00:31:07.632 --> 00:31:11.536
♪ Let's hope it's a good one ♪

515
00:31:12.904 --> 00:31:15.173
- ♪ Without any fear ♪
- GAVIN: The core of the song

516
00:31:15.206 --> 00:31:16.841
is actually is very intimate.

517
00:31:16.875 --> 00:31:19.244
You know, it's about
the people closest around you.

518
00:31:19.277 --> 00:31:23.114
And feeling
the connection with them

519
00:31:23.147 --> 00:31:25.250
on a holiday spirit,
and, you know,

520
00:31:25.283 --> 00:31:26.718
holidays are so beautiful

521
00:31:26.751 --> 00:31:29.754
because it's a chance
to start again,

522
00:31:29.787 --> 00:31:32.490
to wipe the slate,
and start a fresh new year.

523
00:31:32.523 --> 00:31:33.791
And,

524
00:31:34.792 --> 00:31:36.594
obviously, this--
predominantly,

525
00:31:36.628 --> 00:31:38.496
is like a religious idea.

526
00:31:38.529 --> 00:31:41.599
But I think it's been adopted
by the secular world

527
00:31:41.633 --> 00:31:43.801
as a sort of a great time
to be together

528
00:31:43.835 --> 00:31:45.503
and to be around people
you love.

529
00:31:45.536 --> 00:31:48.239
And give people gifts
because you love them.

530
00:31:51.409 --> 00:31:54.245
♪ The near and the dear ones ♪

531
00:31:56.948 --> 00:31:59.851
♪ The old and the young ♪

532
00:31:59.884 --> 00:32:01.686
The relevance is like beauty,

533
00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:04.522
relevance is in the-the-the--
the ear of the listener.

534
00:32:04.555 --> 00:32:07.659
And people can take
what they want.

535
00:32:07.692 --> 00:32:09.627
But I--from every song,
you know,

536
00:32:09.661 --> 00:32:11.329
every song is--
bears the power of music

537
00:32:11.362 --> 00:32:14.699
in the way that it can be
a different song for me

538
00:32:14.732 --> 00:32:16.334
than it is for you,

539
00:32:16.367 --> 00:32:18.202
so what it--what it--
how it inspires

540
00:32:18.236 --> 00:32:19.837
and how it makes us think
about things,

541
00:32:19.871 --> 00:32:22.206
so I'm all for good songs

542
00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.809
with good words and good music,

543
00:32:24.842 --> 00:32:27.011
good melodies because I think
that makes greatness.

544
00:32:27.045 --> 00:32:30.648
♪ War is over ♪

545
00:32:30.682 --> 00:32:36.120
♪ If you want it ♪

546
00:32:36.154 --> 00:32:41.426
♪ War is over ♪

547
00:32:44.996 --> 00:32:48.299
Silent Night is one of the songs
that is in everybody's DNA.

548
00:32:48.333 --> 00:32:50.568
It's just--you don't even know
why you know it,

549
00:32:50.601 --> 00:32:52.870
but you just know it.

550
00:32:52.904 --> 00:32:54.706
A bit like a Queen song.

551
00:32:54.739 --> 00:32:56.708
It's just there in your system.

552
00:32:56.741 --> 00:32:57.976
And you didn't realize it.

553
00:32:58.009 --> 00:33:00.878
And I think, you know,

554
00:33:00.912 --> 00:33:03.147
it's so traditional that,

555
00:33:03.181 --> 00:33:06.351
I mean, I can't even imagine
a time where I didn't know it.

556
00:33:09.287 --> 00:33:14.659
♪ War is over ♪

557
00:33:14.692 --> 00:33:20.298
♪ If you want it ♪

558
00:33:20.331 --> 00:33:25.803
♪ War is over ♪

559
00:33:25.837 --> 00:33:30.575
♪ Now ♪

560
00:33:30.608 --> 00:33:35.780
♪ War is over ♪

561
00:33:35.813 --> 00:33:41.819
♪ If you want it ♪

562
00:33:41.853 --> 00:33:47.425
♪ War is over ♪

563
00:33:47.458 --> 00:33:50.395
SINGERS: ♪ Now ♪

564
00:33:57.702 --> 00:33:59.604
The list is endless
of Christmas albums

565
00:33:59.637 --> 00:34:01.506
I've done with Michael Buble
and Josh Groban,

566
00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.408
and Andrea Bocelli,
Rod Stewart,

567
00:34:03.441 --> 00:34:06.277
Mary J. Blige,
Dolly Parton, Celine.

568
00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:11.249
The strange thing--or the great
thing about Silent Night

569
00:34:11.282 --> 00:34:14.218
is that I don't care
where you grew up,

570
00:34:14.252 --> 00:34:18.256
everybody knows
and loves this song.

571
00:34:18.289 --> 00:34:20.825
And it moves people in a way
that is ineffable.

572
00:34:20.858 --> 00:34:22.360
You can't put it into words,

573
00:34:22.393 --> 00:34:24.529
it's-it's sort
of not describable.

574
00:34:24.562 --> 00:34:27.432
It just--
it's a religious experience,

575
00:34:27.465 --> 00:34:29.467
without hitting
you over the head too hard.

576
00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:32.437
It's a--it's a simple song.

577
00:34:32.470 --> 00:34:35.173
But it just has such
an effect on people.

578
00:34:35.206 --> 00:34:37.341
And, you know, we're so happy

579
00:34:37.375 --> 00:34:39.644
and lucky to have it
in our world.

580
00:34:39.677 --> 00:34:42.713
[piano music playing]

581
00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:13.978
♪ Silent night ♪

582
00:35:14.011 --> 00:35:18.583
♪ Holy night ♪

583
00:35:18.616 --> 00:35:23.187
♪ All is calm ♪

584
00:35:23.221 --> 00:35:28.092
♪ All is bright ♪

585
00:35:28.126 --> 00:35:34.098
♪ Round yon virgin Mother ♪

586
00:35:34.132 --> 00:35:37.034
♪ And Child ♪

587
00:35:37.068 --> 00:35:41.005
♪ Holy infant ♪

588
00:35:41.038 --> 00:35:45.943
♪ So tender and mild ♪

589
00:35:45.977 --> 00:35:50.948
♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪

590
00:35:50.982 --> 00:35:54.118
♪ Peace ♪

591
00:35:56.220 --> 00:36:02.260
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

592
00:36:06.464 --> 00:36:08.499
♪ Sleep

593
00:36:08.533 --> 00:36:14.505
♪ In heavenly ♪

594
00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:19.744
♪ Peace ♪

595
00:36:24.215 --> 00:36:26.250
RANDY JACKSON: I think
I've recorded this song

596
00:36:26.284 --> 00:36:28.052
with so many different artists
over the years.

597
00:36:28.085 --> 00:36:31.255
And performed it
on so many different stages

598
00:36:31.289 --> 00:36:33.791
that this is what led me

599
00:36:33.824 --> 00:36:37.828
to start to understand
what the lyric meant,

600
00:36:37.862 --> 00:36:40.464
how spiritual
and religious it was,

601
00:36:40.498 --> 00:36:42.500
how comforting it was

602
00:36:42.533 --> 00:36:45.369
for a time like the world
is even going through now.

603
00:36:45.403 --> 00:36:47.905
And how just apropos

604
00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:49.907
this song
and the lyric really is.

605
00:36:49.941 --> 00:36:52.009
Can't believe it was written
that many years ago,

606
00:36:52.043 --> 00:36:54.045
and still super relevant now,

607
00:36:54.078 --> 00:36:55.513
and will be relevant forever.

608
00:36:55.546 --> 00:36:57.682
The one thing I always say
about great songs,

609
00:36:58.683 --> 00:37:01.752
you can do
a million different versions,

610
00:37:01.786 --> 00:37:03.721
it all works.

611
00:37:03.754 --> 00:37:06.457
Because the lyric
and the melody

612
00:37:06.490 --> 00:37:08.926
are so great together,

613
00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:11.195
that you could do--
you could do a country version.

614
00:37:11.229 --> 00:37:13.331
I'm sure people have done

615
00:37:13.364 --> 00:37:15.733
every version you can think of,
and it all works.

616
00:37:15.766 --> 00:37:18.336
This version
that they're working on now

617
00:37:18.369 --> 00:37:21.672
is gonna be another crown jewel

618
00:37:21.706 --> 00:37:23.708
in the hat for Silent Night.

619
00:37:23.741 --> 00:37:26.444
Greg and Shelea
are killing the game.

620
00:37:26.477 --> 00:37:29.513
[humming]

621
00:37:51.836 --> 00:37:56.374
♪ Radiant beams ♪

622
00:37:56.407 --> 00:38:01.445
♪ From thy holy face ♪

623
00:38:03.614 --> 00:38:07.952
♪ With the dawn ♪

624
00:38:07.985 --> 00:38:13.491
♪ Of redeeming grace ♪

625
00:38:15.526 --> 00:38:20.298
♪ Jesus, Lord ♪

626
00:38:20.331 --> 00:38:25.670
♪ At thy birth ♪

627
00:38:28.105 --> 00:38:32.743
♪ Jesus, Lord ♪

628
00:38:34.011 --> 00:38:37.682
♪ At thy birth ♪

629
00:38:41.118 --> 00:38:44.655
♪ Silent night ♪

630
00:38:45.923 --> 00:38:49.860
♪ Holy night ♪

631
00:38:49.894 --> 00:38:53.798
♪ All is calm ♪

632
00:38:53.831 --> 00:38:57.935
♪ And all is bright ♪

633
00:38:59.003 --> 00:39:04.608
♪ Round yon virgin Mother ♪

634
00:39:04.642 --> 00:39:06.811
♪ And Child ♪

635
00:39:07.845 --> 00:39:11.248
♪ Holy infant ♪

636
00:39:11.282 --> 00:39:16.120
♪ So tender and mild ♪

637
00:39:16.153 --> 00:39:20.858
♪ Sleep in heavenly

638
00:39:20.891 --> 00:39:26.931
♪ Peace ♪

639
00:39:31.402 --> 00:39:35.773
♪ I need a little peace ♪

640
00:39:35.806 --> 00:39:38.576
♪ Oh, peace ♪

641
00:39:38.609 --> 00:39:41.011
♪ Oh, peace ♪

642
00:39:41.045 --> 00:39:46.450
- SINGERS: ♪ Heavenly peace ♪
- ♪ And heavenly peace ♪

643
00:39:46.484 --> 00:39:49.487
♪ Peace ♪

644
00:39:49.520 --> 00:39:51.188
- SINGERS: ♪ Peace ♪
- ♪ All you gotta do ♪

645
00:39:51.222 --> 00:39:52.857
♪ Is say one word ♪

646
00:39:52.890 --> 00:39:56.093
- SINGERS: ♪ Peace ♪
- SHELEA: ♪ And there is peace ♪

647
00:39:56.127 --> 00:40:00.965
♪ The peace that passes
all understanding, peace ♪

648
00:40:00.998 --> 00:40:04.769
♪ Oh, you say it,
I give you this peace ♪

649
00:40:04.802 --> 00:40:07.104
- SINGERS: ♪ Peace ♪
- SHELEA: ♪ Of the world ♪

650
00:40:07.138 --> 00:40:09.774
- SINGERS: ♪ Heavenly peace ♪
- SHELEA: ♪ World ♪

651
00:40:09.807 --> 00:40:12.076
♪ Can't take it away ♪

652
00:40:12.109 --> 00:40:14.979
♪ Oh, I need them peace ♪

653
00:40:15.012 --> 00:40:17.681
- ♪ Peace ♪
- ♪ Lord, we need it ♪

654
00:40:17.715 --> 00:40:19.850
♪ We need it,
we need it, we need it ♪

655
00:40:19.884 --> 00:40:24.922
- SINGERS: ♪ Heavenly peace ♪
- ♪ Heavenly peace ♪

656
00:40:33.364 --> 00:40:35.866
♪ Oh ♪

657
00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:37.935
♪ Sleep ♪

658
00:40:37.968 --> 00:40:44.008
♪ In heavenly ♪

659
00:40:47.411 --> 00:40:53.451
♪ Peace ♪

660
00:41:01.192 --> 00:41:04.228
When you kind
of researched the history of it,

661
00:41:04.261 --> 00:41:07.031
I think the meaning
comes in even stronger.

662
00:41:07.064 --> 00:41:08.566
Now when hat I sing the lyrics,

663
00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:11.101
it's-it's gonna really be coming
from a different place,

664
00:41:11.135 --> 00:41:12.636
a deeper place.

665
00:41:12.670 --> 00:41:15.005
A place of understanding,

666
00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.374
and-and almost just awe
and reverence.

667
00:41:17.408 --> 00:41:20.811
You know, I grew up in a--
in a-a Christian home,

668
00:41:20.845 --> 00:41:23.013
and so, gospel music

669
00:41:23.047 --> 00:41:24.482
really was the soundtrack

670
00:41:24.515 --> 00:41:25.916
to my childhood, you know?

671
00:41:25.950 --> 00:41:29.053
So, being able to do
Silent Night

672
00:41:29.086 --> 00:41:31.956
in this way
is so special for me.

673
00:41:31.989 --> 00:41:33.624
Because I'm-I'm just
gonna bring up--

674
00:41:33.657 --> 00:41:36.260
I'm just gonna conjure
up everybody I've listened to,

675
00:41:36.293 --> 00:41:39.396
Aretha, Yolanda, like,
I'm just bringing them all in.

676
00:41:39.430 --> 00:41:41.999
Vanessa Bell Armstrong,
you know,

677
00:41:42.032 --> 00:41:44.001
just people I grew up
listening to,

678
00:41:44.034 --> 00:41:46.136
and-and just bring that-that...

679
00:41:46.170 --> 00:41:48.439
beauty and magic to the song.

680
00:41:56.780 --> 00:42:00.818
AILEE: [singing in Korean]

681
00:42:14.999 --> 00:42:18.936
Silent night is a very popular
song here in Korea as well.

682
00:42:20.070 --> 00:42:24.475
I don't think there's anyone
who doesn't know the song.

683
00:42:24.508 --> 00:42:28.479
[singing in Korean]

684
00:42:33.584 --> 00:42:36.353
It's probably different
for everybody.

685
00:42:36.387 --> 00:42:38.822
But I do know

686
00:42:38.856 --> 00:42:42.092
that a lot of couples
and lovers in Korea

687
00:42:42.126 --> 00:42:45.663
like to celebrate
Christmas Eve together.

688
00:42:45.696 --> 00:42:47.631
So they go on dates,

689
00:42:47.665 --> 00:42:52.069
um, and they come watch
my concerts together.

690
00:42:52.102 --> 00:42:55.172
And on Christmas Day,
I believe,

691
00:42:55.205 --> 00:42:57.875
is spent with their families.

692
00:43:02.146 --> 00:43:05.783
♪ I wish I had worn
something warm ♪

693
00:43:06.884 --> 00:43:11.288
So the song "Sweater"
is written

694
00:43:11.322 --> 00:43:14.558
with the purpose of letting
people know that not

695
00:43:14.592 --> 00:43:17.695
always Christmas is celebrated

696
00:43:17.728 --> 00:43:19.563
with just joy and happiness.

697
00:43:19.597 --> 00:43:21.298
For example,
when I heard the song,

698
00:43:21.332 --> 00:43:25.736
it made me miss my great
grandmother very much.

699
00:43:25.769 --> 00:43:28.472
And I felt like this song
could be something

700
00:43:28.505 --> 00:43:31.308
that I can remind myself of her.

701
00:43:32.376 --> 00:43:36.447
And "Sweater" I feel
like it does that to people.

702
00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:39.249
It just brings memories back
to people

703
00:43:39.283 --> 00:43:42.553
whoever they miss during
the holiday season.

704
00:43:42.586 --> 00:43:44.888
It's a great way to remember
somebody that you used to love.

705
00:43:44.922 --> 00:43:47.291
♪ Though we're miles apart ♪

706
00:43:47.324 --> 00:43:49.627
♪ I'll keep you
in my heart ♪

707
00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:52.830
♪ And I'll wear
your Christmas sweater ♪

708
00:43:52.863 --> 00:43:55.833
♪ On me tonight ♪

709
00:43:56.800 --> 00:44:01.705
♪ Let it keep me warm
I'll be wrapped up tight ♪

710
00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:05.476
♪ So no matter where you go ♪

711
00:44:05.509 --> 00:44:08.646
♪ A little piece of you
is close ♪

712
00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:13.751
♪ I'll wear your
Christmas sweater always ♪

713
00:44:15.386 --> 00:44:20.457
♪ Stitch by stitch,
oh, inch by inch ♪

714
00:44:20.491 --> 00:44:23.894
♪ Oh, feeling close to you ♪

715
00:44:23.927 --> 00:44:27.631
♪ After all that
we've been through ♪

716
00:44:27.665 --> 00:44:29.533
♪ Thread by thread ♪

717
00:44:29.566 --> 00:44:33.837
♪ You wrap me up in red ♪

718
00:44:33.871 --> 00:44:36.473
♪ Someday you'll be here ♪

719
00:44:36.507 --> 00:44:42.246
♪ But until then ♪

720
00:44:42.279 --> 00:44:45.282
♪ Now I'll wear
your Christmas sweater ♪

721
00:44:45.315 --> 00:44:49.219
♪ On me tonight ♪

722
00:44:49.253 --> 00:44:54.158
♪ Let it keep me warm
I'll be wrapped up tight ♪

723
00:44:54.191 --> 00:44:57.895
♪ So no matter where you go ♪

724
00:44:57.928 --> 00:45:00.798
♪ A little piece of you
is close ♪

725
00:45:00.831 --> 00:45:03.734
♪ This old sweater
feels so soft ♪

726
00:45:03.767 --> 00:45:06.437
♪ And I'll never take it off ♪

727
00:45:06.470 --> 00:45:12.443
♪ So I'll wear your
Christmas sweater from '92 ♪

728
00:45:13.644 --> 00:45:18.749
♪ Love the way it looks
and still smells like you ♪

729
00:45:18.782 --> 00:45:22.586
♪ All day ♪

730
00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:26.857
♪ So whenever you're away ♪

731
00:45:28.025 --> 00:45:32.062
[music]

732
00:45:45.109 --> 00:45:49.146
[singing in French]

733
00:46:27.317 --> 00:46:29.520
For me,
Christmas has to be white, no?

734
00:46:29.553 --> 00:46:30.888
[laughs]

735
00:46:30.921 --> 00:46:33.724
So Christmas in Paris
is that it makes sense.

736
00:46:33.757 --> 00:46:37.227
They celebrate Christmas
in a--in a very

737
00:46:37.261 --> 00:46:39.296
beautiful way
with all the lights.

738
00:46:39.329 --> 00:46:43.901
It's-it's a very--it's one
of my favorite time of the year.

739
00:46:43.934 --> 00:46:47.971
[singing in French]

740
00:47:02.352 --> 00:47:04.788
Silent Night is...

741
00:47:04.822 --> 00:47:07.224
deeply linked with Christianity.

742
00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:13.363
But to me,
the song belongs to humanity.

743
00:47:13.397 --> 00:47:16.433
It belongs to a lot of people,
to every single person

744
00:47:16.466 --> 00:47:19.469
regardless your religion
or-or-or your belief.

745
00:47:19.503 --> 00:47:23.540
[singing in French]

746
00:47:26.710 --> 00:47:30.747
[instrumental music playing]

747
00:47:47.698 --> 00:47:49.199
I'm from Indonesia.

748
00:47:49.233 --> 00:47:52.269
So Indonesia is the biggest
Muslim country in the world,

749
00:47:52.302 --> 00:47:55.239
so I'm from a Muslim family.

750
00:47:55.272 --> 00:47:58.542
But my father
who is a--who is an author,

751
00:47:58.575 --> 00:48:00.143
who is a book writer,

752
00:48:00.177 --> 00:48:03.614
he wanted his children
to have...

753
00:48:03.647 --> 00:48:05.816
a very open mind

754
00:48:05.849 --> 00:48:07.885
and super tolerant,

755
00:48:07.918 --> 00:48:11.755
and he prefers--and
that's why he put us

756
00:48:11.788 --> 00:48:13.290
in a Catholic school.

757
00:48:13.323 --> 00:48:16.560
So I did all my education
with the nuns.

758
00:48:16.593 --> 00:48:17.794
[laughs]

759
00:48:17.828 --> 00:48:21.865
[singing in French]

760
00:49:17.621 --> 00:49:21.658
[instrumental music playing]

761
00:49:43.914 --> 00:49:47.951
ANGGUN:
[singing in French]

762
00:49:53.957 --> 00:49:55.359
I just like that spirit.

763
00:49:55.392 --> 00:49:59.396
I just really like
the moment of--yeah.

764
00:49:59.429 --> 00:50:02.766
Because we-we also spend
Christmas in-in Indonesia,

765
00:50:02.799 --> 00:50:04.067
in Bali.

766
00:50:05.135 --> 00:50:09.239
So it's kind--it was a bit
weird for my husband [laughs]

767
00:50:09.272 --> 00:50:11.875
because all of a sudden
he was sweating and it's a,

768
00:50:11.908 --> 00:50:14.277
"Yay. Merry Christmas."

769
00:50:14.311 --> 00:50:17.481
[singing in French]

770
00:50:17.514 --> 00:50:20.684
The most important thing
is--it's really the family.

771
00:50:20.717 --> 00:50:22.419
It doesn't matter
where you were.

772
00:50:22.452 --> 00:50:24.021
Uh-uh.

773
00:50:24.054 --> 00:50:28.091
[singing in French]

774
00:50:51.148 --> 00:50:53.083
This song can be lived

775
00:50:53.116 --> 00:50:57.654
and can be interpreted
in many ways,

776
00:50:57.687 --> 00:50:59.256
and still...

777
00:51:00.490 --> 00:51:03.760
you have the same essence.

778
00:51:03.794 --> 00:51:06.863
Still-still
you feel the same love.

779
00:51:21.011 --> 00:51:24.047
LINA MAKHOUL: I think that
the song has nothing to do

780
00:51:24.081 --> 00:51:26.249
with a place or a time.

781
00:51:28.085 --> 00:51:30.287
It has something to do
with spirit

782
00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:33.156
and with connecting
people together.

783
00:51:33.190 --> 00:51:34.758
Because I think that
everyone in the world

784
00:51:34.791 --> 00:51:37.427
as we see now in this song,

785
00:51:37.461 --> 00:51:40.664
in Silent Night,
there's plenty of versions,

786
00:51:40.697 --> 00:51:43.200
in all kind of languages, all
over the world,

787
00:51:43.233 --> 00:51:45.001
and it connects people.

788
00:51:45.035 --> 00:51:46.937
And I think that's
the purpose of the song

789
00:51:46.970 --> 00:51:49.773
and that's
what's great about it,

790
00:51:49.806 --> 00:51:54.411
that it connects people together
and it brings everyone together.

791
00:51:54.444 --> 00:51:56.713
And we should all remember
the blessings that we have

792
00:51:56.746 --> 00:51:59.649
in our life and count them
and we should also

793
00:51:59.683 --> 00:52:02.786
be focused on what we want
in this life.

794
00:52:02.819 --> 00:52:04.688
And we should also remember
that we are not

795
00:52:04.721 --> 00:52:06.523
the biggest thing in this world.

796
00:52:06.556 --> 00:52:08.492
There is some kind
of power that...

797
00:52:09.793 --> 00:52:11.261
you know, takes care of us.

798
00:52:11.294 --> 00:52:13.930
Ever since I was five years old,
the school used to take us

799
00:52:13.964 --> 00:52:16.633
every year to Jerusalem
and Bethlehem.

800
00:52:16.666 --> 00:52:18.668
So, I'm used to, you know,

801
00:52:18.702 --> 00:52:20.937
walk the road
that we took today.

802
00:52:20.971 --> 00:52:23.573
And it always feels
so magical and so spiritual

803
00:52:23.607 --> 00:52:25.542
because after all,
it's a Holy Land,

804
00:52:25.575 --> 00:52:30.046
and people from all over
the world come to walk this road

805
00:52:30.080 --> 00:52:33.016
and to try to feel

806
00:52:33.049 --> 00:52:35.852
what this holy place
makes you feel.

807
00:52:35.886 --> 00:52:39.156
So yeah, I felt like,

808
00:52:39.189 --> 00:52:43.393
you know,
like the magic is all over me.

809
00:52:43.426 --> 00:52:46.530
On Christmas time,
the city is super festive

810
00:52:46.563 --> 00:52:49.366
and people from all around
the world come to,

811
00:52:49.399 --> 00:52:52.369
you know,
celebrate the birth of Jesus.

812
00:52:52.402 --> 00:52:56.907
And that's where it happened
in this exact place,

813
00:52:56.940 --> 00:52:58.508
and it's beautiful.

814
00:52:58.542 --> 00:53:01.411
It's beautiful to see
how many people, you know,

815
00:53:01.444 --> 00:53:04.748
celebrate one common thing.

816
00:53:04.781 --> 00:53:08.752
[instrumental music playing]

817
00:53:17.994 --> 00:53:22.032
[singing in Arabic]

818
00:54:36.406 --> 00:54:40.443
[instrumental music playing]

819
00:55:02.766 --> 00:55:05.702
♪ Silent night ♪

820
00:55:05.735 --> 00:55:09.139
♪ Holy night ♪

821
00:55:09.172 --> 00:55:12.409
♪ Son of God ♪

822
00:55:12.442 --> 00:55:15.612
♪ Love's pure light ♪

823
00:55:15.645 --> 00:55:18.248
♪ Radiant beams ♪

824
00:55:18.281 --> 00:55:22.419
♪ From Thy holy face ♪

825
00:55:22.452 --> 00:55:24.788
♪ With the dawn ♪

826
00:55:24.821 --> 00:55:28.625
♪ Of redeeming grace ♪

827
00:55:28.658 --> 00:55:34.397
♪ Jesus, Lord at Thy birth ♪

828
00:55:35.432 --> 00:55:39.069
♪ Jesus, Lord ♪

829
00:55:39.102 --> 00:55:42.806
♪ At Thy birth ♪

830
00:55:49.379 --> 00:55:52.082
[speaks Arabic]

831
00:55:52.115 --> 00:55:54.584
Well, the first time
I heard the song

832
00:55:54.617 --> 00:55:57.354
when I was maybe
three years old,

833
00:55:57.387 --> 00:56:00.623
and it was in Arabic
since I'm Arab.

834
00:56:00.657 --> 00:56:05.362
So that's the first version
I've ever learned to sing.

835
00:56:05.395 --> 00:56:06.896
And I wanted to--

836
00:56:06.930 --> 00:56:08.531
and a lot of people in the world
don't know

837
00:56:08.565 --> 00:56:10.533
that it exists in Arabic

838
00:56:10.567 --> 00:56:12.335
because they don't
know that there are, you know,

839
00:56:12.369 --> 00:56:14.537
Christian Arabs.
And I was like,

840
00:56:14.571 --> 00:56:16.840
"Really? Okay.
Let me sing in Arabic

841
00:56:16.873 --> 00:56:19.676
and show you that we have
our own version."

842
00:56:20.744 --> 00:56:24.147
And I love this version.
I think it adds some...

843
00:56:24.180 --> 00:56:28.852
authentic spirit to the song,

844
00:56:28.885 --> 00:56:29.986
and gives another,
you know,

845
00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:31.821
point of view to Silent Night.

846
00:56:35.692 --> 00:56:38.828
[choir vocalizing]

847
00:56:38.862 --> 00:56:41.831
HUGH: In 1816,
Europe desperately tries

848
00:56:41.865 --> 00:56:44.968
to survive the year
without a summer.

849
00:56:45.001 --> 00:56:47.737
Relentless snow, floods,
and failed harvests

850
00:56:47.771 --> 00:56:50.039
have put war-torn Salzburg
on the verge

851
00:56:50.073 --> 00:56:52.542
of famine and utter despair.

852
00:56:53.576 --> 00:56:55.645
This is a forsaken city,

853
00:56:56.613 --> 00:56:59.516
a city of extremes.

854
00:56:59.549 --> 00:57:01.785
Behind the facade
of baroque architecture

855
00:57:01.818 --> 00:57:03.820
and its veneer of nobility,

856
00:57:03.853 --> 00:57:08.491
is a community reduced
to just 8,000 starving souls,

857
00:57:09.759 --> 00:57:12.228
a community without faith.

858
00:57:21.905 --> 00:57:25.942
[choir vocalizing]

859
00:57:29.145 --> 00:57:31.414
HUGH: Young Joseph Mohr's
quest for faith

860
00:57:31.448 --> 00:57:35.118
began in the cavernous silence
of Salzburg Cathedral.

861
00:57:35.151 --> 00:57:37.654
He begged his God for help.

862
00:57:37.687 --> 00:57:40.457
But God remained silent.

863
00:57:40.490 --> 00:57:43.693
So Joseph Mohr made a choice
to leave the city

864
00:57:43.726 --> 00:57:47.330
and seek his spiritual
path elsewhere.

865
00:57:47.363 --> 00:57:49.699
His quest took him
three solid days' walk

866
00:57:49.732 --> 00:57:52.001
into the Alps to Wagrain

867
00:57:52.035 --> 00:57:55.071
at the small village
of Mariapfarr.

868
00:57:55.104 --> 00:57:56.973
Rejuvenated with fresh hope,

869
00:57:57.006 --> 00:57:59.342
Joseph's thoughts began
to reach out

870
00:57:59.375 --> 00:58:01.544
towards a new resolve,

871
00:58:01.578 --> 00:58:03.980
to help others.

872
00:58:04.013 --> 00:58:06.015
It wasn't easy
for a young man grappling

873
00:58:06.049 --> 00:58:09.452
to find words of courage
and hope for his sermons,

874
00:58:09.486 --> 00:58:13.389
he'd become a priest,
but a priest without expression,

875
00:58:13.423 --> 00:58:16.759
Joseph almost gave up.

876
00:58:16.793 --> 00:58:20.830
[music]

877
00:58:30.974 --> 00:58:33.943
HUGH:
Then one cold winter's night,

878
00:58:33.977 --> 00:58:37.380
Joseph steps outside
and looks up to the full moon

879
00:58:37.413 --> 00:58:39.516
and the canopy of stars.

880
00:58:40.850 --> 00:58:42.952
Silent they may be,

881
00:58:42.986 --> 00:58:45.388
but the endless stars
give sudden

882
00:58:45.421 --> 00:58:48.458
life-changing inspiration.

883
00:58:48.491 --> 00:58:51.528
When all suffering
is hushed and calmed,

884
00:58:51.561 --> 00:58:54.731
what remains is silence.

885
00:58:55.932 --> 00:58:58.167
Joseph understands then,

886
00:58:58.201 --> 00:59:00.303
silence is the divine voice

887
00:59:00.336 --> 00:59:02.138
that he has been seeking,

888
00:59:02.171 --> 00:59:04.407
filled with emotion
and a renewed bond,

889
00:59:04.440 --> 00:59:07.043
he rushes back into his house.

890
00:59:07.076 --> 00:59:11.047
His pen dips ink
and he begins to write.

891
00:59:12.348 --> 00:59:16.119
As the words flow through
Joseph Mohr's pen,

892
00:59:16.152 --> 00:59:19.322
a poem forms.

893
00:59:19.355 --> 00:59:23.326
[music]

894
00:59:38.841 --> 00:59:40.944
HUGH: On that night in 1816,

895
00:59:40.977 --> 00:59:45.148
Joseph Mohr writes a poem
about this sacred silence.

896
00:59:46.482 --> 00:59:49.085
But these words for Silent
Night will emerge

897
00:59:49.118 --> 00:59:51.621
as perhaps
the oldest Christmas song

898
00:59:51.654 --> 00:59:54.123
in the German language.

899
00:59:54.157 --> 00:59:58.127
[singing in German]

900
01:00:50.413 --> 01:00:53.049
HUGH: Spreading across Europe
and around the world,

901
01:00:53.082 --> 01:00:57.720
another age-old Christmas
song emerges with Silent Night.

902
01:00:57.754 --> 01:01:00.590
Written in Latin
by Cistercian monks,

903
01:01:00.623 --> 01:01:03.793
Adeste Fideles is not only
one of the oldest

904
01:01:03.826 --> 01:01:07.030
but one of the most
beautiful carols.

905
01:01:07.063 --> 01:01:09.298
It has become beloved
all over the world

906
01:01:09.332 --> 01:01:11.501
in its English translation,

907
01:01:11.534 --> 01:01:14.904
O Come, All Ye Faithful.

908
01:01:14.937 --> 01:01:18.975
[music]

909
01:01:30.453 --> 01:01:32.422
SINGER: ♪ O come ♪

910
01:01:32.455 --> 01:01:36.125
♪ All ye faithful ♪

911
01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:40.596
♪ Joyful and triumphant ♪

912
01:01:40.630 --> 01:01:43.499
♪ O come ye ♪

913
01:01:43.533 --> 01:01:45.702
♪ O come ye ♪

914
01:01:45.735 --> 01:01:51.741
♪ To Bethlehem ♪

915
01:01:51.774 --> 01:01:53.643
♪ Come and behold him ♪

916
01:01:53.676 --> 01:01:55.611
O Come, All Ye Faithful

917
01:01:55.645 --> 01:01:57.313
is about coming together,
you know,

918
01:01:57.346 --> 01:02:01.551
it's-it's an epic hymn

919
01:02:01.584 --> 01:02:04.721
to come together to rejoice,
to praise the Lord,

920
01:02:04.754 --> 01:02:06.155
you know,
at this time of year,

921
01:02:06.189 --> 01:02:08.224
the birth of a child, you know.

922
01:02:08.257 --> 01:02:09.959
And with this arrangement,

923
01:02:09.992 --> 01:02:11.694
we wanted to do
something different.

924
01:02:11.728 --> 01:02:17.166
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

925
01:02:19.702 --> 01:02:24.874
♪ Christ the Lord ♪

926
01:02:30.780 --> 01:02:34.884
♪ Sing, choirs of angels ♪

927
01:02:34.917 --> 01:02:36.919
♪ Angels ♪

928
01:02:36.953 --> 01:02:42.892
♪ Sing in exultation ♪

929
01:02:42.925 --> 01:02:46.596
♪ Sing, all ye citizens ♪

930
01:02:46.629 --> 01:02:51.434
♪ Of Heaven above ♪

931
01:02:53.202 --> 01:02:57.173
♪ Glory to God ♪

932
01:02:57.206 --> 01:03:02.845
♪ Glory in the highest ♪

933
01:03:02.879 --> 01:03:08.618
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

934
01:03:10.853 --> 01:03:16.526
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

935
01:03:18.861 --> 01:03:24.901
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

936
01:03:27.970 --> 01:03:31.307
♪ Christ ♪

937
01:03:31.340 --> 01:03:35.845
♪ The Lord ♪

938
01:03:35.878 --> 01:03:40.917
[instrumental music playing]

939
01:03:45.388 --> 01:03:49.792
♪ Yea, Lord, we greet Thee ♪

940
01:03:49.826 --> 01:03:54.297
♪ Born this happy morning ♪

941
01:03:54.330 --> 01:03:58.534
♪ Jesus, to Thee be ♪

942
01:03:58.568 --> 01:04:02.939
♪ Glory given ♪

943
01:04:02.972 --> 01:04:07.844
♪ Word of the Father ♪

944
01:04:07.877 --> 01:04:11.747
♪ Now in flesh appearing ♪

945
01:04:11.781 --> 01:04:16.118
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

946
01:04:16.152 --> 01:04:20.756
♪ O come, let us adore Him ♪

947
01:04:20.790 --> 01:04:25.928
♪ O come, let us adore... ♪

948
01:04:25.962 --> 01:04:32.101
♪ Him ♪

949
01:04:33.736 --> 01:04:37.907
♪ Christ ♪

950
01:04:37.940 --> 01:04:43.512
♪ The Lord ♪

951
01:04:46.916 --> 01:04:48.818
And I have quite a memory

952
01:04:48.851 --> 01:04:52.421
of singing that song
when I was boy, a soprano.

953
01:04:53.556 --> 01:04:55.858
Um, I would travel to Europe

954
01:04:55.892 --> 01:04:59.896
with a boys' choir
every few years.

955
01:04:59.929 --> 01:05:03.566
The highlight of the trip
was going to

956
01:05:03.599 --> 01:05:08.537
the Saint Nicholas, um, Parish

957
01:05:08.571 --> 01:05:11.941
um, or known
as the Silent Night Chapel

958
01:05:11.974 --> 01:05:14.744
um, in Oberndorf

959
01:05:14.777 --> 01:05:17.914
where that song
was first performed.

960
01:05:17.947 --> 01:05:22.718
And our choir filled
this small chapel area

961
01:05:22.752 --> 01:05:25.755
and we sang

962
01:05:25.788 --> 01:05:28.858
this amazing version
of Silent Night.

963
01:05:28.891 --> 01:05:32.161
Well, the first time
I ever heard of Silent Night

964
01:05:32.194 --> 01:05:34.163
was actually
when I heard a poem

965
01:05:34.196 --> 01:05:35.531
by John McCutcheon

966
01:05:35.564 --> 01:05:37.633
called
Christmas in the Trenches.

967
01:05:37.667 --> 01:05:40.803
And it tells one of the most
beautiful stories

968
01:05:40.836 --> 01:05:43.105
ever to come
from the treachery of war.

969
01:05:43.139 --> 01:05:47.143
It was one cold Christmas night
in World War I

970
01:05:47.176 --> 01:05:48.911
and the British
and the Germans were

971
01:05:48.945 --> 01:05:50.813
entrenched on the battlefields.

972
01:05:50.846 --> 01:05:54.317
And one brave German soldier

973
01:05:54.350 --> 01:05:56.385
walked out into No Man's Land

974
01:05:56.419 --> 01:05:59.755
with a white flag
singing a song.

975
01:05:59.789 --> 01:06:01.791
And they put aside
their differences,

976
01:06:01.824 --> 01:06:04.360
and it was the beauty
of music in that song

977
01:06:04.393 --> 01:06:05.928
that brought them together.

978
01:06:05.962 --> 01:06:07.363
And ever since then

979
01:06:07.396 --> 01:06:09.365
that's been one of my favorite
Christmas songs

980
01:06:09.398 --> 01:06:11.734
and one of the beautiful stories

981
01:06:11.767 --> 01:06:13.536
that I like to share

982
01:06:13.569 --> 01:06:17.473
and, um, sing.

983
01:06:20.576 --> 01:06:22.778
Many stories have emerged
in remembrance

984
01:06:22.812 --> 01:06:26.115
of that Christmas miracle
of 1914 in Belgium.

985
01:06:26.148 --> 01:06:27.883
Along with voices
from the trenches,

986
01:06:27.917 --> 01:06:29.552
we learned a great deal
from the diaries

987
01:06:29.585 --> 01:06:30.987
of the British
commanding officer,

988
01:06:31.020 --> 01:06:33.322
Field Marshall
Douglas Earl Haig.

989
01:06:33.356 --> 01:06:36.025
And for Christmas,
every British soldier received

990
01:06:36.058 --> 01:06:37.860
a package from the King.

991
01:06:37.893 --> 01:06:40.129
In this,
he found an ornate brass

992
01:06:40.162 --> 01:06:43.032
Princess Mary box with tobacco,

993
01:06:43.065 --> 01:06:45.568
a packet of cigarettes,
a portrait of Princess Mary,

994
01:06:45.601 --> 01:06:48.137
and a Christmas card
from the royal family.

995
01:06:48.170 --> 01:06:51.173
Meanwhile, the German soldiers
received a Christmas box

996
01:06:51.207 --> 01:06:52.808
from their hometowns,

997
01:06:52.842 --> 01:06:55.044
along with packages
from their families

998
01:06:55.077 --> 01:06:57.313
with warm clothes,
food, alcohol,

999
01:06:57.346 --> 01:06:59.115
cigarettes, and letters.

1000
01:06:59.148 --> 01:07:01.384
For Germany,
the later years of the war

1001
01:07:01.417 --> 01:07:03.686
would be blighted
by chronic shortages,

1002
01:07:03.719 --> 01:07:06.856
but that first Christmas,
the soldiers could still enjoy

1003
01:07:06.889 --> 01:07:09.025
a few comforts from home.

1004
01:07:09.058 --> 01:07:12.094
The German high command
also sent tens of thousands

1005
01:07:12.128 --> 01:07:14.797
of small festive trees
to the front,

1006
01:07:14.830 --> 01:07:18.200
which were to be illuminated
on Christmas Eve.

1007
01:07:18.234 --> 01:07:22.304
Today Earl Haig's account
of this Christmas miracle

1008
01:07:22.338 --> 01:07:25.908
is part of the world's
documentary heritage of UNESCO.

1009
01:07:26.976 --> 01:07:30.679
[classical music playing]

1010
01:07:43.959 --> 01:07:48.330
Jimmy was a soldier
♪

1011
01:07:48.364 --> 01:07:52.134
Katy was a maid
♪

1012
01:07:52.168 --> 01:07:53.702
♪ Like an act of fate ♪

1013
01:07:53.736 --> 01:07:55.704
♪ Kate was standing
at the gate ♪

1014
01:07:55.738 --> 01:07:57.706
- ♪ Watching all the boys... ♪
- DOUGLAS HAIG: Thomas.

1015
01:07:57.740 --> 01:07:59.875
SINGER: ♪ ...file on parade ♪

1016
01:07:59.909 --> 01:08:02.645
Indecisiveness.

1017
01:08:04.547 --> 01:08:08.184
Indecisiveness is the sign
of sloppy soldiering.

1018
01:08:11.120 --> 01:08:15.157
Stuttering
♪

1019
01:08:16.459 --> 01:08:18.160
Carry on.

1020
01:08:21.130 --> 01:08:23.165
SINGER:
♪ You're the only g-g-g-girl ♪

1021
01:08:23.199 --> 01:08:25.267
♪ That I adore ♪

1022
01:08:27.002 --> 01:08:28.170
[knocks on door]

1023
01:08:29.004 --> 01:08:30.206
Enter.

1024
01:08:32.675 --> 01:08:34.210
THOMAS: British legion, sir.

1025
01:08:35.377 --> 01:08:37.713
Your arrangements
for the Newfoundland visit.

1026
01:08:37.746 --> 01:08:39.548
SINGER: ♪ Beautiful Katy ♪

1027
01:08:39.582 --> 01:08:40.816
Oh, yes.

1028
01:08:47.156 --> 01:08:49.558
If you could sign here
and here, sir?

1029
01:08:53.929 --> 01:08:55.064
Thank you, sir.

1030
01:08:58.801 --> 01:09:00.569
And...

1031
01:09:00.603 --> 01:09:03.439
a Merry Christmas to you, sir.

1032
01:09:03.472 --> 01:09:04.473
Oh.

1033
01:09:05.708 --> 01:09:06.809
Thank you.

1034
01:09:12.882 --> 01:09:15.551
Were you over there
in Belgium, Thomas?

1035
01:09:16.519 --> 01:09:17.786
THOMAS: No, sir.

1036
01:09:18.654 --> 01:09:20.189
Too late, sir.

1037
01:09:21.157 --> 01:09:23.659
When I was called up,
Jerry had called it a day.

1038
01:09:24.827 --> 01:09:26.095
Missed all the fun.

1039
01:09:27.029 --> 01:09:28.264
Oh, yes.

1040
01:09:29.932 --> 01:09:32.034
Lucky you, hmm?

1041
01:09:34.003 --> 01:09:39.241
I've just been reflecting
on the fact that...

1042
01:09:40.576 --> 01:09:44.079
it's almost 10 years
since that first Christmas.

1043
01:09:45.047 --> 01:09:46.148
Hmm.

1044
01:09:47.583 --> 01:09:48.717
Yes.

1045
01:09:51.253 --> 01:09:55.357
Friday, 4th of December, 1914.

1046
01:09:55.391 --> 01:09:57.760
I had motored down to -

1047
01:09:57.793 --> 01:09:59.528
to dine with the King
and the Prince of Wales.

1048
01:09:59.562 --> 01:10:00.930
Sit.

1049
01:10:06.268 --> 01:10:07.236
Here.

1050
01:10:08.337 --> 01:10:11.307
The King seemed very cheery
but inclined to think

1051
01:10:11.340 --> 01:10:14.276
that all our troops
are by nature brave

1052
01:10:14.310 --> 01:10:16.579
and is ignorant
of all the effort

1053
01:10:16.612 --> 01:10:18.380
which commanders must make

1054
01:10:18.414 --> 01:10:22.151
to keep up the morale
of their men in war.

1055
01:10:22.184 --> 01:10:25.921
And all of the training
which is necessary in peace

1056
01:10:25.955 --> 01:10:29.992
in order to enable a company
for instance,

1057
01:10:30.025 --> 01:10:33.996
to go forward
as an organized unit

1058
01:10:34.029 --> 01:10:36.365
in the face...

1059
01:10:37.900 --> 01:10:40.803
of almost certain death.

1060
01:10:43.339 --> 01:10:45.708
He told him of the crowds
of fugitives

1061
01:10:45.741 --> 01:10:48.844
who came back down
the Menin Road

1062
01:10:48.877 --> 01:10:51.680
during the Ypres Battle,

1063
01:10:51.714 --> 01:10:54.083
having thrown everything
they could

1064
01:10:54.116 --> 01:10:56.752
including their rifles and packs

1065
01:10:56.785 --> 01:10:59.321
in order to escape

1066
01:10:59.355 --> 01:11:04.093
with a look of absolute terror
on their faces

1067
01:11:04.126 --> 01:11:08.364
such as I have never before seen

1068
01:11:08.397 --> 01:11:10.866
on any human being.

1069
01:11:18.040 --> 01:11:20.376
You see, we had...

1070
01:11:22.811 --> 01:11:25.314
we had no idea

1071
01:11:25.347 --> 01:11:30.085
of the industrial scale
of death in 1914.

1072
01:11:30.119 --> 01:11:31.754
Yeah.

1073
01:11:31.787 --> 01:11:33.022
No one.

1074
01:11:34.757 --> 01:11:36.225
No politician.

1075
01:11:37.393 --> 01:11:38.827
No general.

1076
01:11:41.397 --> 01:11:45.434
Only Satan himself
could have foreseen...

1077
01:11:48.270 --> 01:11:49.805
what was to come.

1078
01:11:51.440 --> 01:11:53.776
[music]

1079
01:11:53.809 --> 01:11:55.844
[wind blowing]

1080
01:11:55.878 --> 01:11:58.447
[fire crackling]

1081
01:12:05.254 --> 01:12:07.423
HUGH: On Christmas Eve 1914,

1082
01:12:07.456 --> 01:12:11.360
there's an almost ghostly calm
in the British trenches.

1083
01:12:11.393 --> 01:12:14.396
The men are chilled
to the bone by bitter cold

1084
01:12:14.430 --> 01:12:16.432
and the horrors of war.

1085
01:12:20.402 --> 01:12:24.373
[singing in German]

1086
01:12:29.011 --> 01:12:31.714
HUGH: For the German soldiers
in their trenches,

1087
01:12:31.747 --> 01:12:35.551
it's traditional to sing
Silent Night at Christmas.

1088
01:12:35.584 --> 01:12:38.187
The breeze picks up their voices

1089
01:12:38.220 --> 01:12:41.423
carrying the song
across No Man's Land

1090
01:12:41.457 --> 01:12:43.992
and into the enemy trenches.

1091
01:12:44.026 --> 01:12:45.594
Initially,
the British considered

1092
01:12:45.627 --> 01:12:47.930
whether the singing is a trick.

1093
01:12:47.963 --> 01:12:52.201
Then, one of the British
soldiers recognizes the carol...

1094
01:12:52.234 --> 01:12:55.037
- ♪ O Holy Night ♪
- HUGH: ...and joins in.

1095
01:12:55.070 --> 01:12:57.973
♪ All is calm ♪

1096
01:12:58.006 --> 01:13:01.210
♪ All is bright ♪

1097
01:13:01.243 --> 01:13:04.279
♪ 'Round yon virgin ♪

1098
01:13:04.313 --> 01:13:06.715
♪ Mother and Child ♪

1099
01:13:06.749 --> 01:13:09.418
♪ Holy infant ♪

1100
01:13:09.451 --> 01:13:12.888
♪ So tender and mild ♪

1101
01:13:12.921 --> 01:13:14.089
♪ Sleep ♪

1102
01:13:14.123 --> 01:13:19.361
♪ In heavenly peace ♪

1103
01:13:19.395 --> 01:13:24.500
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

1104
01:13:28.070 --> 01:13:31.440
[music]

1105
01:13:31.473 --> 01:13:33.075
HUGH: According to his diary,

1106
01:13:33.108 --> 01:13:35.210
Field Marshall Haig
ordered the troops

1107
01:13:35.244 --> 01:13:39.214
to be given as easy a time
as possible on Christmas Day.

1108
01:13:39.248 --> 01:13:41.750
He noted that
it was surprisingly mild

1109
01:13:41.784 --> 01:13:43.719
for midwinter.

1110
01:13:43.752 --> 01:13:46.255
The sunshine prompts
a German sergeant

1111
01:13:46.288 --> 01:13:47.990
to bravely test the peace

1112
01:13:48.023 --> 01:13:50.559
that has descended
over the battlefield.

1113
01:13:52.027 --> 01:13:54.563
[music]

1114
01:13:58.534 --> 01:14:01.069
[birds chirping]

1115
01:14:09.478 --> 01:14:13.248
[speaking foreign language]

1116
01:14:15.284 --> 01:14:16.819
HUGH: Instantly,

1117
01:14:16.852 --> 01:14:19.421
the British
are at combat readiness.

1118
01:14:19.455 --> 01:14:21.757
A British officer however,

1119
01:14:21.790 --> 01:14:23.592
recognizes the peaceful gesture.

1120
01:14:23.625 --> 01:14:25.461
Watch out, don't shoot him.
Don't shoot.

1121
01:14:25.494 --> 01:14:28.363
HUGH: And he is immediately
willing to reciprocate.

1122
01:14:29.565 --> 01:14:32.434
[music]

1123
01:14:58.794 --> 01:15:00.562
- [speaks foreign language]
- Happy Christmas.

1124
01:15:00.596 --> 01:15:01.763
Happy Christmas.

1125
01:15:03.031 --> 01:15:05.567
It's not so good underground.

1126
01:15:05.601 --> 01:15:08.270
[speaking foreign language]
shall we greet?

1127
01:15:08.303 --> 01:15:09.371
Why not?

1128
01:15:09.404 --> 01:15:10.639
- It's been nice.
- Come. Come.

1129
01:15:10.672 --> 01:15:12.007
They'll be no fight today.

1130
01:15:12.040 --> 01:15:13.475
- [speaking foreign language]
- Christmas.

1131
01:15:13.509 --> 01:15:14.810
Guys, come on.

1132
01:15:14.843 --> 01:15:16.912
We're not fighting today.

1133
01:15:18.614 --> 01:15:21.583
[music]

1134
01:15:25.320 --> 01:15:27.656
HUGH:
The Christmas Truce of 1914

1135
01:15:27.689 --> 01:15:31.226
is the moment when Silent Night
becomes a true miracle.

1136
01:15:32.227 --> 01:15:35.731
This brief respite
within manmade horror

1137
01:15:35.764 --> 01:15:37.733
- reveals the most profound...
- It's Christmas.

1138
01:15:37.766 --> 01:15:39.835
...contradictions
of human nature.

1139
01:15:41.236 --> 01:15:44.606
The Scottish poet of the Great
War, Frederick Niven,

1140
01:15:44.640 --> 01:15:48.076
would appeal for a return
to the spirit of Silent Night

1141
01:15:48.110 --> 01:15:52.180
in his own poem,
A Carol from Flanders.

1142
01:15:52.214 --> 01:15:56.251
"Oh ye who read this truthful
rime from Flanders,

1143
01:15:56.285 --> 01:15:59.855
kneel and say,
"God speed the time

1144
01:15:59.888 --> 01:16:04.026
when every day
shall be as Christmas Day."

1145
01:16:05.894 --> 01:16:08.530
[eruption]

1146
01:16:19.374 --> 01:16:23.579
It is ironic, is it not
that the, uh...

1147
01:16:23.612 --> 01:16:28.150
abiding memory of that war

1148
01:16:28.183 --> 01:16:30.152
should be that moment of peace,

1149
01:16:31.520 --> 01:16:32.888
of humanity?

1150
01:16:34.289 --> 01:16:37.392
[music]

1151
01:16:37.426 --> 01:16:42.631
In 1915
when I was commander-in-chief,

1152
01:16:42.664 --> 01:16:47.436
there were calls for us
to repeat that armistice

1153
01:16:47.469 --> 01:16:49.271
and we...

1154
01:16:49.304 --> 01:16:53.275
[chuckles]
I, would not allow it.

1155
01:16:54.676 --> 01:16:57.212
You see,

1156
01:16:57.245 --> 01:17:00.349
it is no good
for fighting morale

1157
01:17:01.717 --> 01:17:04.753
to see your enemy as human.

1158
01:17:06.655 --> 01:17:07.823
Of course.

1159
01:17:07.856 --> 01:17:09.057
Sir.

1160
01:17:12.628 --> 01:17:15.697
[music]

1161
01:17:19.901 --> 01:17:22.270
No good at all.

1162
01:17:30.278 --> 01:17:32.681
Like many great human endeavors,

1163
01:17:32.714 --> 01:17:38.020
Silent Night was born in 1818
out of dire circumstance.

1164
01:17:38.053 --> 01:17:40.555
In a country devastated
by war and famine,

1165
01:17:40.589 --> 01:17:44.693
a young man looks to the sky
for divine inspiration,

1166
01:17:44.726 --> 01:17:46.228
taking up a pen,

1167
01:17:46.261 --> 01:17:49.731
his words of peace and hope
become a verse.

1168
01:17:49.765 --> 01:17:52.534
His verse becomes a song.

1169
01:17:52.567 --> 01:17:56.538
And his song becomes a miracle.

1170
01:17:56.571 --> 01:17:58.407
Silent Night endures

1171
01:17:58.440 --> 01:18:00.442
as long as the world
is conflicted,

1172
01:18:00.475 --> 01:18:02.377
restless, and at war,

1173
01:18:02.411 --> 01:18:04.579
for as long as we need it.

1174
01:18:04.613 --> 01:18:08.016
Perhaps one day, it will become
a song of celebration

1175
01:18:08.050 --> 01:18:10.185
when we have finally learned
from history

1176
01:18:10.218 --> 01:18:11.720
to coexist in harmony

1177
01:18:11.753 --> 01:18:13.822
to silence the voices of hate

1178
01:18:13.855 --> 01:18:16.458
and lay down the weapons of war.

1179
01:18:16.491 --> 01:18:19.027
But until then, each Christmas,

1180
01:18:19.061 --> 01:18:21.897
we have a chance
to reflect on the profound gift

1181
01:18:21.930 --> 01:18:26.068
carried to us down the years
by countless voices.

1182
01:18:26.101 --> 01:18:27.869
We can rejoice in their legacy

1183
01:18:27.903 --> 01:18:31.239
and join together in celebrating
the true spirit of Christmas.

1184
01:18:31.273 --> 01:18:34.443
So when you hear the first notes
of Silent Night,

1185
01:18:34.476 --> 01:18:38.914
perhaps savor for a moment
the peace and harmony

1186
01:18:38.947 --> 01:18:42.918
that inspired Joseph Mohr
and Franz Gruber back then

1187
01:18:42.951 --> 01:18:46.788
during the Christmas of 1818.

1188
01:18:46.822 --> 01:18:50.826
SINGER:
[singing foreign language]

1189
01:19:57.259 --> 01:20:01.797
♪ Silent night ♪

1190
01:20:01.830 --> 01:20:06.234
♪ Holy night ♪

1191
01:20:06.268 --> 01:20:10.906
♪ Shepherds quake ♪

1192
01:20:10.939 --> 01:20:15.944
♪ At the sight ♪

1193
01:20:15.977 --> 01:20:19.681
♪ Glories stream ♪

1194
01:20:19.714 --> 01:20:24.953
♪ From heaven afar ♪

1195
01:20:24.986 --> 01:20:28.924
♪ Heavenly hosts ♪

1196
01:20:28.957 --> 01:20:33.895
♪ Sing Alleluia ♪

1197
01:20:33.929 --> 01:20:35.897
♪ Christ ♪

1198
01:20:35.931 --> 01:20:41.970
♪ The Savior is born ♪

1199
01:20:43.471 --> 01:20:45.373
♪ Christ ♪

1200
01:20:45.407 --> 01:20:50.879
♪ The Savior is born ♪

1201
01:20:52.781 --> 01:20:56.952
♪ Silent night ♪

1202
01:20:56.985 --> 01:21:01.756
♪ Holy night ♪

1203
01:21:01.790 --> 01:21:05.961
♪ Son of God ♪

1204
01:21:05.994 --> 01:21:10.699
♪ Love's pure light ♪

1205
01:21:10.732 --> 01:21:14.736
♪ Radiant beams ♪

1206
01:21:14.769 --> 01:21:19.908
♪ From Thy holy face ♪

1207
01:21:19.941 --> 01:21:23.712
♪ With the dawn ♪

1208
01:21:23.745 --> 01:21:29.117
♪ Of redeeming grace ♪

1209
01:21:29.150 --> 01:21:32.988
♪ Jesus Lord ♪

1210
01:21:33.021 --> 01:21:38.393
♪ At Thy birth ♪

1211
01:21:38.426 --> 01:21:40.362
♪ Jesus ♪

1212
01:21:40.395 --> 01:21:45.500
♪ Lord at Thy birth ♪

1213
01:21:47.602 --> 01:21:52.040
♪ Silent night ♪

1214
01:21:52.073 --> 01:21:56.411
♪ Holy night ♪

1215
01:21:56.444 --> 01:22:01.082
♪ Here at last ♪

1216
01:22:01.116 --> 01:22:06.087
♪ Healing light ♪

1217
01:22:06.121 --> 01:22:09.991
♪ From the heavenly ♪

1218
01:22:10.025 --> 01:22:14.162
♪ Kingdom sent ♪

1219
01:22:14.195 --> 01:22:17.966
♪ Abundant grace ♪

1220
01:22:17.999 --> 01:22:22.971
♪ For our intent ♪

1221
01:22:23.004 --> 01:22:25.373
♪ Jesus ♪

1222
01:22:25.407 --> 01:22:31.279
♪ Salvation for all ♪

1223
01:22:32.380 --> 01:22:33.982
♪ Jesus ♪

1224
01:22:34.015 --> 01:22:39.387
♪ Salvation for all ♪

1225
01:22:41.256 --> 01:22:45.694
♪ Silent night ♪

1226
01:22:45.727 --> 01:22:50.031
♪ Holy night ♪

1227
01:22:50.065 --> 01:22:54.569
♪ Sleeps the world ♪

1228
01:22:54.602 --> 01:22:58.907
♪ In peace tonight ♪

1229
01:22:58.940 --> 01:23:02.777
♪ God sends his Son ♪

1230
01:23:02.811 --> 01:23:07.682
♪ To Earth below ♪

1231
01:23:07.716 --> 01:23:09.584
♪ A Child ♪

1232
01:23:09.617 --> 01:23:11.286
♪ From whom ♪

1233
01:23:11.319 --> 01:23:16.191
♪ All blessings flow ♪

1234
01:23:16.224 --> 01:23:18.460
♪ Jesus ♪

1235
01:23:18.493 --> 01:23:24.099
♪ Embraces mankind ♪

1236
01:23:26.101 --> 01:23:27.802
♪ Jesus ♪

1237
01:23:27.836 --> 01:23:33.074
♪ Embraces mankind ♪

1238
01:23:38.279 --> 01:23:41.016
♪ Jesus ♪

1239
01:23:41.049 --> 01:23:45.086
♪ Embraces ♪

1240
01:23:45.120 --> 01:23:50.158
♪ Mankind ♪

1241
01:23:58.133 --> 01:24:28.029
[instrumental music playing]