Just a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bing Crosby publicly broadcast “White Christmas” for the first time. After playing the track on his radio show, it became an immediate symbol ...

He merely performed the music that Irving Berlin wrote to the ... To Crosby’s credit, “White Christmas” is fairly straightforward compared to other seasonal tunes of its time.

and music is one of the most fundamental joys ... Packed with nostalgia and memories of Christmases gone by, “White Christmas” just feels… right. Like pulling on a warm sweater on a cold ...

The directorial handling by Michael Curtiz gives a smooth blend of music (13 numbers plus snatches ... with the girls and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The inn at which they stay is ...