In the accompaniment, the audible sustained chord provides the singers the tone. Beginning notes are the strongest opening in tonal composition, nothing unique. German composer Ernst Anschutz tweaked (1824) and made it accessible by attaching to it the folk melody “Lauriger Horatius”, paving the way for the hymn to be reborn a few years after as a Christmas carol. The ode to the fir tree dates back to about 500 years and its author is unknown.
After reading that, it now makes sense why people now bedazzle Christmas trees inside homes. People believed him and started planting fir trees, which eventually began the tradition of bringing in fir trees hung by the branch into their homes during Christmas time. But a fir sapling survived the fall of the heavy oak tree, something Boniface leveraged as proof of a miracle. The tree fell and destroyed whatever it found in its path. Boniface had had it with the traditions worshipping trees that he wanted to prove his point by angrily chopping down a mature oak tree. During pagan times, the monk Boniface wanted people to realize that their dedication was rightly for the one who created trees and not for the oak trees themselves. The song doesn’t speak of Christmas, instead, it ennobles the fir tree as an evergreen (symbolizing faithfulness). The Christmas tree tradition is stuff of folktales. A Christmas Carol as Lovely as a Tree The original German title of this carol is “O Tannenbaum”, a literal translation of which is the world-renown ”O ChristmasTree”.