“Silent Night”

1. A song of Christmas, originally composed in Austria in the nineteenth century. It begins, “Silent night, holy night, / All is calm, all is bright….”

Example Sentences

On Christmas Eve, a radio station in Crescent City dedicated a show to them, said their names, “and when ‘Silent Night’ came on, there wasn’t a dry eye in the galley,” he said.

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It struck me during one more endless silent night alone on the couch that there was no good reason for me to live in this big old house by myself.

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It was now a cold, silent night, broken only by snores, the occasional yelp of someone dreaming, and the hoot of a single owl.

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Along with classic Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells” and “Silent Night,” Ol’ Blue Eyes sang one of his own compositions, “Mistletoe and Holly.”

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Popular carols — “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bells” — are presented bilingually, and while the performance is building to an appearance from Miguel, the climax instead is serene, a candlelit rendition of “Silent Night,” with audience participation.

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