When the administration of Dartmouth College banned songs with religious content from the official Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony, the Glee Club that traditionally gathered around the tree to sing carols had to resort to secular songs such as "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The next night, however, the group reappeared at the tree unofficially and, joined by hundreds of students in a driving blizzard, sang "Silent Night," "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing," and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen."

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