O Tannenbaum the faithless maiden of the folk song. This was changed to ' (green) at some point in the 20th century, after the song had come to be associated with Christmas. The tune is an old folk tune attested in the 16th century. It is also known as the tune of "" and of "". Below is the tune with the original German lyrics of the first verse: <score vorbis="1"> » </score> The tune has also been used (as a contrafactum) to carry other texts on many occasions. Some notable uses include: O Tannenbaum "" (; "O fir tree", English: "O
Christmas Extraordinaire Christmas Extraordinaire Christmas Extraordinaire is Mannheim Steamroller's sixth Christmas album overall and the group's fourth Christmas studio album. The album was originally released in 2001. The song "O Tannenbaum" features a lead vocal by Johnny Mathis. Five of the album's tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation "Christmas Celebration". On June 21, 2004, "Christmas Extraordinaire" was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States. As of November 2014, "Christmas Extraordinaire" is the fourteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. in the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales