Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder
"Auf, Christen, singt festliche Lieder" is a German Christmas carol. A first text was written in 1778 by , which was first published in Fulda ("Fuldaer Gesangbuch") with a first melody that year. Heinrich Bone modified the text in 1851 for his hymnal "Cantate!". It was sung with different melodies. It is part of regional sections in the current Catholic hymnal "Gotteslob", such as GL 765 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg and GL 751 in the Diocese of Limburg. It was translated as "O Christians, Come Join in the Singing". Auf, Christen, singt festliche