. White christmas, the holiday classic penned by irving berlin and most famously crooned by bing crosby, helped to create the very idea of the american. Luckily, the have a little help from irving berlin, who wrote most of the songs, and from crosby’s already classic title tune, written for holiday inn back in 1942.

Luckily, the have a little help from irving berlin, who wrote most of the songs, and from crosby’s already classic title tune, written for holiday inn back in 1942. Crosby first sang irving berlin’s beloved holiday classic on his nbc radio show the kraft music hall on christmas day in 1941, and again in 1942 as part of the soundtrack to the.