This song is Silent Night. And the first line (which is in the question) can be translated to "Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright."
it's "silent night" in german.
stille nacht, heilige
Christmas.
A Secular Xmas (Christmas) song, written by James Pierpont (1822-1893) which had the copyright title of "One Horse Open Sleigh" back in 1857. The song was originally written for Thanksgiving. It was not written for Christmas.
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Alexander Zwagerman has written: 'De Heilige Geest'
Rein Miedema has written: 'De Heilige Menas ..'
Dietger Langer has written: 'Vladimir Der Heilige'
There are no popular or well known Christmas songs written about Washington DC or originally penned in Washington DC.
Max Freivogel has written: 'Klopstock, der heilige Dichter'
Mel Tormé and Bob Wells originally performed The Christmas Song. It was written in 1944 and The Nat King Cole Trio recorded it in 1946.
Bruno Gossens has written: 'Der heilige Fidelis von Sigmaringen'
Elsa Wilutzky has written: 'Die heilige Nacht der Gonschorras'
Anton Frind has written: 'Der heilige Johannes von Nepomuk'