The common folk still loved it, but we know the common folk don't count for much in history. It was an even bigger problem when the church realized the composer was Jewish, and they banned the suddenly secular song. It was a Christmas staple from that first performance, but when Cappeau left the church, it became a problem. After a priest asked him to write a special poem for Christmas Mass of 1847, he first wrote "O Holy Night" then decided to set it to music with help from composer Adolphe Charles Adams. The first strike against the song was the author himself, a wine inspector and part-time poet named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure. The reasons are a bit complicated, according to Extraordinary Intelligence.
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