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White Christmas

original Christmas song written and composed by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film "Holiday Inn", sung by Bing Crosby
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Summary

White Christmas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,022 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Irving Berlin[3]
  • Genre: Christmas music[4]
  • Performer: Bing Crosby[5], Frank Sinatra[6], Elvis Presley[7], Pat Boone[8], Andy Williams[9], The Miracles[10], The Beach Boys[11], Burl Ives[12], Barbra Streisand[13], The Cats[14], Al Green[15], Dolly Parton[16], Vikingarna[17], Göran Lindberg[18]
  • Commons category: White Christmas (song)[19]
  • Language of work or name: English[20]
  • Publication date: 1942[21]
  • Lyricist: Irving Berlin[22]
  • Significant event: 15th Academy Awards[23]
  • Tonality: A major[24]
  • Title: White Christmas[25]
  • Has characteristic: Christmas-themed song[26], film song[27]
  • Different from: White Christmas[28]
  • Form of creative work: song[29]
  • Music created for: Holiday Inn[30]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[31]

  • Genre(s): christmas music, country, jazz, pop[32]

  • Community tags: christmas, christmas music, country, holiday, jazz, pop[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 30daa999-81af-34c3-bf22-b3c1c41c8c01[34]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for White Christmas include White Christmas Blues[35], a television series episode[36], directed by Steven Dean Moore[37].

Why It Matters

White Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include White Christmas Blues[35], a television series episode[36], directed by Steven Dean Moore[37].

Related Entities

Al Green Andy Williams Barbra Streisand Bette Midler Bing Crosby Burl Ives CeeLo Green Dolly Parton Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Gwen Stefani Irving Berlin Pat Boone Rod Stewart The Beach Boys

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby +25
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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