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• White Christmas is a popular Christmas song. Bing Crosby debuted the song and sang it in the films Holiday Inn and White Christmas.The New York Times: Snow Was General All Over Manhattan As of 2007, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as the fifth most popular holiday song.ASCAP: Top 25 Holiday Songs

• Fast Facts

  1. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin
  2. Berlin wrote the song in 1940NPR: Still Dreaming of a "White Christmas"
  3. The song's debut was on December 25, 1941, when Bing Crosby sang it on his radio showTCM: White Christmas
  4. Performed by Crosby in the 1942 movie Holiday Inn
  5. Crosby also sang the tune in the 1954 movie White Christmas
  6. Won an Oscar for Best Song in 1943TCM: White Christmas
  7. Other performers who have recorded their own versions: The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bob MarleyThe New York Times: Snow Was General All Over Manhattan
  8. Song has been performed in Swahili, Japanese and YiddishThe New York Times: Snow Was General All Over Manhattan
  9. Irving described the song as "the best song anybody ever wrote"The New York Times: Snow Was General All Over Manhattan
  10. Berlin's original lyrics began with the words "The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway/ I've never seen such a day/ In Beverly Hills L.A."The Toronto Star: Seven things you probably didn't know about "White Christmas"

• Opening Lyrics

  • I'm dreaming of a White Christmas
  • Just like the ones I used to know
  • Where the treetops glisten
  • And children listen
  • To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

  
  

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