Do you know that children all over the world are singing this best-loved of Christmas songs? In Mexico; in England; in China; Eskimo children in igloos—all sing the same tune though the words are in different languages. But in each language the words bring the same gladness of Christmas time.

On December 25, 1943, Silent Night will celebrate its one hundred and twenty-fifth birthday. The story of how it came to be written and of what happened to it since then reads like a wonder tale of long ago. But it is a true story, and an exciting one; one that boys and girls—and grownups too—who still thrill to the joy of this holy season, will love.

From the dust jacket