what year was the song oh tannenbaum written?
On the tenth day of a Tony Bennett Christmas, Monday, December 23, 2013, the song of the day is âO Christmas Tree.â About This Song. The melody for âO Christmas Treeâ is based on a traditional 16th century German folk song. The lyrics for the song were written in 1824 by an organist named Ernst Anchutz; in the original German, the song is known as âO Tannenbaum.â About This Version