"White Christmas" is a popular Christmas song written by Irving Berlin and first performed by Bing Crosby in 1942 for the film Holiday Inn. Crosby rerecorded the song in 1947, and it is this version that is now regarded as the definitive. In the film The Polar Express, the song plays over a loudspeaker when Hero Boy, Hero Girl and Billy land in the big bag of gifts while trying to get back to the North Pole Square.
It is also featured on the film's official soundtrack.
Lyrics[]
- I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
- Just like the ones I used to know
- Where the treetops glisten
- And children listen
- To hear sleigh bells in the snow
- I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
- With every Christmas card I write
- May your days be merry and bright
- And may all your Christmases be white
- I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
- Just like the ones I used to know
- Where the treetops glisten
- And children listen
- To hear sleigh bells in the snow
- I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
- With every Christmas card I write
- May your days be merry and bright
- And may all your Christmases be white
Trivia[]
- Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Kate Smith have all done cover versions of the song.