O Tannenbaum

"O Christmas Tree" redirects here. For the album by Celtic Woman, see O Christmas Tree (album).
Not to be confused with Operation Tannenbaum, the proposed World War II invasion of Switzerland by the Axis Powers.

"O Tannenbaum"
Silver fir (Abies alba)
Song
LanguageGerman
English titleO Christmas Tree
Published1824
LyricistErnst Anschütz
Audio sample
Bilingual performance of the first verse by the United States Army Band Chorus
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"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.

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