O Holy Night

The Story Behind the Song: O Holy Night

Christmas Eve, 1906.  It was a cold winter’s night.  Countless ships bobbed up and down on the icy sea, crewed by weary sailors stationed far away from their families.  As their heads nodded and their tired eyelids drooped, it probably wasn’t sugarplum fairies that danced in their heads, but visions of home, hearth, and a…