There’s something wonderfully reassuring about this carol – from its peaceful lyrics to its soaring descant. Here’s the story behind ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’. ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ is one ...

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” was written in 1867 by Phillips Brooks, an Episcopal pastor from Philadelphia. He had been in Israel two years earlier and had celebrated Christmas in Bethlehe ...

The Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was written in 1868 by Phillips Brooks. Brooks was the second rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square. "He was in Bethlehem ...