The list was compiled by Pushpay, which offers electronic giving options for churches and their congregants. It asked its 15,000 subscribing churches last December what hymns they used that month, and released the results this Dec. 1.
‘O Holy Night’ tops all hymns used in churches in December, according to poll
Christmas Eve marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol ‘Silent Night’
Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve — Dec. 24, 1818 — in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one of the most popular and beloved Christmas carols of all time.