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An old-fashioned classic!,

"White Christmas" is Bing Crosby's most famous song and, consequently, it's served as the title for a variety of albums. Of course, it was the theme song to the film of the same name, but it also became the title for a variety of holiday tune collections.

White Christmas

• Title: White Christmas [Delta]
• Genre: Rock
• Sub-Genre: Christmas
• Artist: Bing Crosby
• Format: CD
• Duration: Album or EP
• Release Date: 08/06/1992
• Record Label: Laserlight

List Price: $16.98

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 Track Listing
1. Christmas Song, The
2. Jingle Bells
3. Silent Night
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
6. I'll Be Home for Christmas
7. Adeste Fideles
8. White Christmas
9. Joy to the World
10. First Noël, The
11. Good King Wenceslas
12. Away in a Manger
13. Deck the Halls
14. O Little Town of Bethlehem
15. Silver Bells

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Christmas history in America : 

In the early 17^th century, a wave of religious reform changed the way Christmas was celebrated in Europe. When Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan forces took over England in 1645, they vowed to rid England of decadence and, as part of their effort, cancelled Christmas. By popular demand, Charles II was restored to the throne and, with him, came the return of the popular holiday. 

The pilgrims, English separatists that came to America in 1620, were even more orthodox in their Puritan beliefs than Cromwell. As a result, Christmas was not a holiday in early America. From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was actually outlawed in Boston. Anyone exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined five shillings. By contrast, in the Jamestown settlement, Captain John Smith reported that Christmas was enjoyed by all and passed without incident.

After the American Revolution, English customs fell out of favor, including Christmas. In fact, Congress was in session on December 25, 1789, the first Christmas under America’s new constitution. Christmas wasn’t declared a federal holiday until June 26, 1870.

Washington Irving reinvents Christmas
It wasn’t until the 19^th century that Americans began to embrace Christmas. Americans re-invented Christmas, and changed it from a raucous carnival holiday into a family-centered day of peace and nostalgia. But what about the 1800s peaked American interest in the holiday?

The early 19^th century was a period of class conflict and turmoil. During this time, unemployment was high and gang rioting by the disenchanted classes often occurred during the Christmas season. In 1828, the New York city council instituted the city’s first police force in response to a Christmas riot. This catalyzed certain members of the upper classes to begin to change the way Christmas was celebrated in America.

In 1819, best-selling author Washington Irving wrote The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, gent., a series of stories about the celebration of Christmas in an English manor house. The sketches feature a squire who invited the peasants into his home for the holiday. In contrast to the problems faced in American society, the two groups mingled effortlessly. In Irving’s mind, Christmas should be a peaceful, warm-hearted holiday bringing groups together across lines of wealth or social status.

Irving’s fictitious celebrants enjoyed “ancient customs,” including the crowning of a Lord of Misrule. Irving’s book, however, was not based on any holiday celebration he had attended—in fact, many historians say that Irving’s account actually “invented” tradition by implying that it described the true customs of the season.

Before the Civil War
The North and South were divided on the issue of Christmas, as well as on the question of slavery. Many Northerners saw sin in the celebration of Christmas; to these people the celebration of Thanksgiving was more appropriate. But in the South, Christmas was an important part of the social season. Not surprisingly, the first three states to make Christmas a legal holiday were in the South: Alabama in 1836, Louisiana and Arkansas in 1838.

In the years after the Civil War, Christmas traditions spread across the country. Children's books played an important role in spreading the customs of celebrating Christmas, especially the tradition of trimmed trees and gifts delivered by Santa Claus. Sunday school classes encouraged the celebration of Christmas. Women's magazines were also very important in suggesting ways to decorate for the holidays, as well as how to make these decorations.

By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, America eagerly decorated trees, caroled, baked, and shopped for the Christmas season. Since that time, materialism, media, advertising, and mass marketing has made Christmas what it is today. The traditions that we enjoy at Christmas today were invented by blending together customs from many different countries into what is considered by many to be our national holiday.

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Who won the first Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award? Bing Crosby. Who introduced more songs on film nominated for the Best Song Oscar (14) than anyone? Bing Crosby. Who was the first multi-media superstar--records, radio, TV and movies? Bing Crosby. Now, to honor the 100th anniversary of his birth, a new compilation of his best Decca recordings celebrates the most beloved singer of the 20th century.

The two-CD Bing Crosby - A Centennial Anthology Of His Decca Recordings (MCA/Decca/UME), released April 8, 2003, presents 50 classic recordings, each digitally remastered. Spanning his Decca era of 1934-1957, the collection embraces an incomparable musical legacy and encourages a new generation to discover Crosby's musical magic.

Crosby recorded modern romantic ballads, 19th century parlor favorites and Irish songs. He popularized country and western and Hawaiian music, and starred during Hollywood's Golden Age of the musical. He was soloist and duet partner. He could swing with jazz and was "The Voice Of Christmas," his immortal version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" the best-selling recording of all time. Bing Crosby - A Centennial Anthology Of His Decca Recordings brings them all together.

Early Hits: "I Surrender, Dear," "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams," "Star Dust," "I Found A Million Dollar Baby," "Please," "Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)."

Country And Western/Americana: "I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)," "New San Antonio Rose," "Pistol Packin' Mama" (Andrews Sisters), "Don't Fence Me In" (Andrews Sisters), "You Are My Sunshine," "San Fernando Valley," "Sioux City Sue," "Dear Hearts And Gentle People," "Ol' Man River," "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." International: "Sweet Leilani," "Blue Hawaii," "My Isle Of Golden Dreams," "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)," "McNamara's Band," "Galway Bay," "Red Sails In The Sunset," "Now Is The Hour," "Far Away Places," "Harbor Lights," "Around The World."

1 Duets: "Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie" (Mary Martin), "Road To Morocco" (Bob Hope), "South America, Take It Away" (Andrews Sisters), "A Couple Of Song And Dance Men" (Fred Astaire), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Al Jolson), "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening" (Jane Wyman). Jazz: "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby," "Yes, Indeed!," "It's Been A Long, Long Time," "I Can't Begin To Tell You," "South Rampart Street Parade" (Andrews Sisters).

2 On Screen: "June In January," "Pennies From Heaven," "I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams," "Moonlight Becomes You," "Sunday, Monday Or Always," "Swinging On A Star," "The Bells Of St. Mary's," "Blue Skies." Holiday: "Jingle Bells" (Andrews Sisters), "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Silent Night," "White Christmas."

Bing Crosby was born May 3, 1903 and died October 14, 1977.

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One of my favorite Christmas albums,

 White Christmas

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