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Key facts
- Language
- German
- English title
- O Christmas Tree
- Lyricist
- Ernst Anschütz
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Encyclopedic overview
"O Tannenbaum" ( German: [oː ˈtanənbaʊm]; "O fir tree"), known in English as "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “O Tannenbaum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.