Volume 16 , Issue 44

Walking With Sadie

On this second day of the Winter Soltice 2014, this Sadie Pug is dreaming of a white christmas and by Monday morning we awoke to about four inches of that white, wet stuff on the ground. And . . . It is still coming down. Woof! Woof! Hooray!



I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

Did you know . . . The song White Christmas, undoubtedly the most famous and popular of all the Christmas songs, was written by Irving Berlin in 1942 and originally featured in the movie Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby. The lyrics of White Christmas struck a chord with the soldiers fighting in World War II and their families who were waiting for them back home. The stars of that 1942 movie were: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abell, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon, Marek Windheim , James Bell, John Gallaudet, Shelby Bacon, Joan Arnold.

The song and recording of White Christmas by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers was so popular that it was later reprised in the movie called after its name "White Christmas." The film White Christmas once again starred Bing Crosby together with Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

Good Night & Good Luck!
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