4"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"

According to Rosen, this was Irving Berlin’s way of coping with his profound loss. It is devastating for anyone to lose a child but on Christmas day? Christmas will be meaningless.  His sadness and deep sense of longing was reflected in the song.

White Christmas was written primarily for the musical and used in the movie Holiday Inn. It went on to win Berlin an Oscar for best song. White Christmas was ultimately made into a Hollywood musical by the same name starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Lynn and Rosemary Clooney.

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5White Christmas became the most popular request from American troops fighting in WWII

Bing Crosby’s rendition set the mood for White Christmas which induced a nostalgic homesickness in troops on the war-front and in the trenches especially during Christmas. It became the most popular request where Crosby says he never really wanted to do the song because of the sadness and longing it induced in men. "Heaven knows, I didn't come that far to make them sad. For this reason, several times I tried to cut it out of the show, but these guys just hollered for it."

6One of the greatest Christmas songs in the history of music

White Christmas will always be America’s favorite Christmas song synonymous and symbolic of those yearning to be close to families and loved ones during Christmas. It has been covered by all great artists including Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves, Nat King Cole and a host of modern artists.

Here’s the original White Christmas video as Crosby sang it in 1941.