"O Holy Night" (French: "Minuit, Chrétiens") is a Christmas song written by John Sullivan Dwight and Adolphe Charles Adam.
Lyrics[]
O holy night the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees oh hear the angel voices
O night divine O night when Christ was born
O night O holy night O night divine
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts of by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here came the wise men from the Orient land
The King of Kings lay in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend
He knows our need to our weakness no stranger
Behold your King before the lowly bend
Behold your King your King before Him bend
Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus rise we
Let all within us praise His holy name
Christ is the Lord then ever ever praise we
(2x)His power and glory ever more proclaim
Appearances in Christmas specials[]
- The Bell Telephone Hour: "A Trip to Christmas" (1961)
- The Bell Telephone Hour: "Christmas" (1963)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
- Book One - Satan Claus (1989) - Bobby Vinton
- Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long (1989) - With footage of "The Nativity".
- Home Alone (1990)
- South Park: "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" (1999)
- Midnight Clear (2006)
- Holly Hobbie & Friends: "Christmas Wishes" (2006)
- Deck the Halls (2006)
- This Christmas (2007)
- It's Always Christmas with You (2011)
- Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)
- Elf-Man (2012)
- American Horror Story: "Unholy Night" (2012)
- The Mistle-tones (2012)
- The Vampire Diaries: "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (2012)
- A Country Christmas Story (2013)
- A Madea Christmas (2013)
- Love the Coopers (2015) - Wes Hutchinson, Molly June and Tamika Lawrence
- Office Christmas Party (2016)
- The Star (2017)
- Daddy's Home Two (2017)
- Riverdale: "Chapter Twenty-Two: Silent Night, Deadly Night" (2017) - Emily Wells
- ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks: "A Very Merry Chipmunk" (2020)
- The Simpsons: "Manger Things" (2021)
- Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
Album releases[]
- Christmas with the Brady Bunch (1975)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984) - performed by the Carpenters
- Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long (1991)
- A Rosie Christmas (1999) - performed by Billy Porter
- Disney's Christmas Lullaby Album (2003)
- Glee: The Music, the Christmas Album (2010)
- O Holy Night: Journey of a Little Drummer Boy (2011)