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Tragedy Struck Composer Irving Berlin on Christmas Day. Years Later, He Would Write One of the All-Time Holiday Classics
White Christmas” is one of the world’s best-selling tunes and continues to be in rotation more than eight decades later ...
While the song conveyed a more secular approach to the holiday season than other Christmas songs at the time, it still rose ...
The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history.
Bing Crosby’s rendition of “White Christmas” became particularly emotional for soldier serving in World War II — leading to ...
But the story doesn't end there. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" arrived as a single five years later, in November 1982, and became a massive U.K. chart hit, landing at No. 3 in early 1983. It was ...
Snow at Christmas. It shows up in just about every holiday movie ever made. Sometimes it’s a gentle coating making spirits ...
When entertainer Bing Crosby stepped up to the microphone in New York’s NBC Studios on Christmas Day 1941, many of the tens ...
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