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“White Christmas”

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  1. A popular song for Christmas, composed by Irving Berlin and memorably sung by Bing Crosby. It begins, “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas….”


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Another 4% of both GOPers and Dems also cited “White Christmas” as their top pick — while 2% named “Winter Wonderland” as their favorite.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Like the Irving Berlin composition that inspired it, the 1954 movie musical “White Christmas” may be a seasonal classic.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022

It’s perched on a hillside in Spencer, population 2,000, where Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and other holiday songs blare out of speakers throughout the town square.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021

Many of them have recorded original songs that they hoped would make their way into the canon alongside “White Christmas” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2020

He had been observed singing “White Christmas” and dragging a plastic disposable cup top around his cell with a string, calling it his “car.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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