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{{short description|1954 film directed by Michael Curtiz}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = White Christmas

| image = White Christmas film.jpg

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| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = [[Michael Curtiz]]

| producer = [[Robert Emmett Dolan]]

| writer = {{plainlist|

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==Plot==

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On Christmas Eve in Europe in 1944, at the height of [[World War II]], former [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] star Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis entertain the 151st division with a [[soldier's show]]. The men have just received word their beloved Major General Thomas F. Waverly has been relieved of his command. Waverly arrives and delivers an emotional farewell. The men send him off with a rousing chorus of "The Old Man". After Waverly departs, enemy bombers attack the area and everyone takes cover. Phil pulls Bob away from a collapsing wall and is wounded by debris. Bob asks how he can pay back Phil for saving his life, and Phil suggests they become a duo act. Bob is not fond of the idea, but feels obliged to agree.▼

▲On Christmas Eve in Europe in 1944, at the height of [[World War II]], former [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] star Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis entertain the 151st division with a [[soldier's show]]. The men have just received word their beloved Major General Thomas F. Waverly, who has been relieved of his command. Waverly arrives andreassigned, delivers an emotional farewell. TheShortly men send him off with a rousing chorus of "The Old Man". Afterafter Waverly departs, enemy bombers attack. thePhil areais andwounded everyonewhen takes cover. Philhe pulls Bob away from a collapsing wall and is wounded by debris. Bob asks how he can pay back Phil for saving his life, and. Phil suggests they become a duo act., Boband isidea notBob fond of the ideadislikes, but feels obliged to agreetry.

After the war, the two make it big, first as performers, then as producers, launching a hit musical, ''Playing Around''. They receive a letter supposedly from their old Mess Sergeant, Ben "Freckle Face" Haynes, asking them to view his sisters' act. They watch Betty and Judy sing at Novello's, a Florida nightclub. Phil, who likes to play matchmaker, notices Bob is interested in Betty. After the performance, the four meet, and Phil and Judy immediately hit it off. Betty and Bob, however, argue about Bob's cynicism, and the fact it was actually Judy who wrote the letter instead of Ben. [[Image:Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas trailer 3.jpg|left|thumb|275px|Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace and Danny Kaye as Phil Davis]]▼

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Finding out from Judy that the girls' landlord is falsely suing them for a damaged rug, and has even gone so far as to call the police to get his money, Phil gives them tickets he and Bob had purchased to spend Christmas in New York City. Bob and Phil improvise a performance to buy the girls time, then flee to the train, where they now have to sit up in the [[Bar car|Club Car]], much to Bob's chagrin.▼

▲Finding out from Judy thatLearning the girlssisters' landlord is falsely suing them for a damaged rug,damages and has even gone so far as to callcalled the police to get his moneycops, Phil gives them tickets hehis and Bob's hadtrain purchasedtickets to spend Christmas in New York City. BobThe andgroup Phil improvise a performanceflee to buy the girlstrain. time,The thengirls fleeget toPhil theand train,Bob's wheresleeping theycompartment nowwhile havethe toguys sit up all night in the [[Bar car|Club Car]], much to Bob's chagrin.

The girls convince Phil and Bob to forgo New York and spend Christmas with them in Pine Tree, [[Vermont]], where they are booked as performers. Upon arriving in Vermont, they find all the tourists have left due to no snow and unseasonably warm weather. They arrive at the empty Columbia Inn and are aghast to discover that General Waverly is the landlord of the hotel, has sunk his life savings into it, and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Phil and Bob decide to invite some of the cast of ''Playing Around'' to Pine Tree to stage a show to draw in the guests, and include Betty and Judy in the show. Betty and Bob's romance starts to bloom.▼

▲The girls convince Phil and Bob to forgo New York and spend Christmas with them in Pine Tree, [[Vermont]], where they are booked as performers. Upon arriving inIn Vermont, they find alldiscover the tourists have left due to no snow and unseasonably warm weather. They arriveArriving at the empty Columbia Inn, Bob and Phil are aghast to discover that General Waverly is the landlordnearly-bankrupt of the hotelowner, hashaving sunkinvested his life savings into it,pension and islife on the verge of bankruptcysavings. Phil and Bob decide to invitestage somea oflarge themusical castat of ''Playing Around'' tothe Pine Tree to stage a show to draw in theattract guests, and include. Betty and Judy inare included with the showother performers. Meanwhile, Betty and Bob's romance starts to bloom.

Later, Bob discovers Waverly received a humiliating rejection letter to his request to rejoin the army. Bob determines to prove to the General he is not forgotten, and calls up Ed Harrison, another old Army buddy who now has his own [[variety show]], for help. Ed suggests they put the general on the show and make a big scene of his misfortune and Bob's kindness, which would be free advertising for Bob and Phil. Bob strongly rejects the idea. Unfortunately, the housekeeper Emma eavesdrops on the other phone for the first half of the conversation and doesn't hear Bob's rejection. She relays Ed's idea to Betty, who becomes suddenly cold towards a baffled Bob.▼

▲Later, Bob discovers Waverly receivedreceives a humiliating rejection letter towhen hishe requesttries to rejoin the army. Bob determines toTo prove to the General he is not forgotten, andBob calls upBroadway producer Ed Harrison, anotheran old Army buddy who now has his own [[variety show]], for help. Ed's suggestsidea theywould putexploit the general on the show and make a big scene of hisGeneral's misfortune and Bob's kindness, whichand says would be free advertising for Bob and Phil. Bob strongly rejects thehis ideasuggestion. Unfortunately, the eavesdropping housekeeper Emmaonly eavesdropspartially onhears the otherconversation phoneand forthinks theBob firsthas halfagreed ofto the conversation and doesn't hear BobHarrison's rejectionscheme. She relays Ed's ideathis to Betty, who silently becomes suddenlyangry coldat towardsBob. aBetty's sudden coolness baffledbaffles Bob.

Phil and Judy stage a phony engagement, thinking Betty is trying to avoid romance because she does not want to leave Judy unprotected. However, this backfires when Betty accepts a gig in New York and leaves. Phil and Judy admit the truth to Bob, who becomes enraged and hurries to New York to tell Betty. They partially reconcile, but Bob meets up with Harrison before he has a chance to find out what really was bothering her. Betty sees Bob go on Harrison's show and invite the entire 151st division to secretly join him at Pine Tree to surprise General Waverly, at Bob and Phil's expense. Realizing she was mistaken, Betty returns to Vermont just in time to be in the show.▼

▲Phil and Judy stage a phony engagement, thinkinghoping Bettyit iswill tryingreunite toBetty avoidand romance because she does not want to leave Judy unprotectedBob. However, this backfires when Betty acceptsleaves for a solo singing gig in New York and leaves. When Phil and Judy admittell Bob the truth to Bob, who becomes enraged andhe hurries to New York to tell Betty. They partially reconcile, but Bob meetsruns up withinto Harrison before he hascan aexplain chanceeverything to find out what really was bothering herBetty. Betty seesWhen Bob goappears on Harrison's show andto inviterequest the entire 151st division to secretly join him at Pine Tree to surprise General Waverly, atBetty Bobrealizes andshe Philmisunderstood Bob's expensetrue intention. Realizing she was mistaken, Betty returns to Vermont just in time to be injoin the show.

Once again on Christmas Eve, the soldiers surprise General Waverly with another rousing chorus of "The Old Man" when he arrives at the show, bringing him to tears. During the performance, Betty and Bob become engaged, and Judy and Phil decide to go through with their own engagement. As everyone sings "White Christmas", a thick snowfall at last blankets Vermont.▼

▲Once again onOn Christmas Eve, the soldiers surprise General Waverly at the show with anothera rousing chorus of "The Old Man" when he arrives at the show, bringing him to tears. During the performance, Betty and Bob become engagedreconcile, and Judy and Phil deciderealize to go through withthey theirare ownin engagementlove. As everyone sings "White Christmas", a thick snowfall at last blankets Vermont.

==Cast==

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Mel Frank and Norman Panama were hired to add material for [[Danny Kaye]]. They felt the whole script needed rewriting, and Curtiz agreed. "It was a torturous eight weeks of rewriting", said Panama. Frank said "writing that movie was the worst experience of my life. Norman Krasna was a talented man but&nbsp;... it was the lousiest story I'd ever heard. It needed a brand new story, one that made sense." They did the job at $5,000 a week.<ref>HOLIDAY FILMS A GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PASTWilson, John M. Los Angeles Times 25 Dec 1984: h1.</ref>

[[Principal photography]] took place between September and December 1953. The film was the first to be shot using Paramount's new [[VistaVision]] process, with color by [[Technicolor]], and was one of the first to feature the [[Perspecta]] directional sound system at limited engagements.

===Casting===

[[Image:Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen in White Christmas trailer.jpg|left|thumb|275px|Danny Kaye as Phil Davis and Vera-Ellen as Judy Haynes]]

''White Christmas'' was intended to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third [[Irving Berlin]] showcase musical. Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' (1942) – where the song "White Christmas" first appeared – and ''[[Blue Skies (1946 film)|Blue Skies]]'' (1946). Astaire declined the project after reading the script<ref name="fosse">{{cite web|last=Arnold|first=Jeremy|title=White Christmas|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/148002%7C0/White-Christmas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203070157/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/148002%7C0/White-Christmas.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2012|publisher=TCM|access-date=8 January 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and asked to be released from his contract with Paramount.<ref name=tcmnotes /> Crosby also left the project shortly thereafter, to spend more time with his sons after the death of his wife, [[Dixie Lee]].<ref name=tcmnotes>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95631/White-Christmas/notes.html |title=White Christmas (1954) - Notes - TCM.com |work=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> Near the end of January 1953, Crosby returned to the project, and [[Donald O'Connor]] was signed to replace Astaire.<ref name=tcmnotes /> Just before shooting was to begin, O'Connor had to drop out due to illness and was replaced by [[Danny Kaye]], who asked for and received a salary of $200,000 and 10% of the gross.<ref name="fosse" /> Financially, the film was a partnership between Crosby and, Irving Berlin and Paramount, who sharedafter halfgiving theKaye profits, anda Paramountshare, whichretained got30% the other halfeach.<ref name=tcmnotes /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Berlin Wants O'Connor For 'Show Biz'; Kaye Wants 200G Plus 10% of 'Xmas'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 26, 1953|page=2|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-08/page/n195/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=March 12, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

Within the film, a number of soon-to-be famous performers appear. Dancer [[Barrie Chase]] appears unbilled, as the character Doris Lenz ("Mutual, I'm sure!"). Future Oscar winner [[George Chakiris]] also appears<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/31640%7c58364/George-Chakiris/biography.html |title=Biography for George Chakiris |work=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> as one of the stone-faced black-clad dancers surrounding Rosemary Clooney in "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me". [[John Brascia]] leads the dance troupe and appears opposite Vera-Ellen throughout much of the movie, particularly in the "Mandy, “Choreography" and “Abraham” numbers. The photo Vera-Ellen shows of her brother Benny (the one Phil refers to as "Freckle-faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy") is actually a photo of [[Carl Switzer]], who played Alfalfa in the ''[[Our Gang]]'' film series, in an army field jacket and helmet liner.

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and Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace]]The song "What Can You Do with a General?" was originally written for an un-produced project called ''Stars on My Shoulders''.

Trudy Stevens provided the singing voice for Vera-Ellen, including in "Sisters". (The first edition of Vera-Ellen's biography by David Soren made the mistake of suggesting that "perhaps" Clooney sang for Vera in "Sisters". The second edition of the biography corrected that error by adding this: "Appropriately, they sing "Sisters" with Rosemary Clooney actually dueting with Trudy Stabile (wife of popular bandleader Dick Stabile), who sang under the stage name Trudy Stevens and who had been personally recommended for the dubbing part by Clooney. Originally, Gloria Wood was going to do Vera-Ellen's singing until Clooney intervened on behalf of her friend."<ref>{{cite book |last=Soren |first=David |title=Vera-Ellen: The Magic and the Mystery |year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4TAAAACAAJ |page=145 |publisher=Luminary Press |isbn=9781887664486}}</ref>) It was not possible to issue an "original soundtrack album" of the film, because [[Decca Records]] controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with [[Columbia Records]]. Consequently, each company issued a separate "soundtrack recording": Decca issuing ''[[Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas]]'', while Columbia issued ''[[Irving Berlin's White Christmas]]''. On the former, the song "Sisters" (as well as all of Clooney's vocal parts) was recorded by [[Peggy Lee]], while on the latter, the song was sung by Clooney and her own sister, [[Betty Clooney|Betty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Rosemary-Clooney-In-Songs-From-The-Paramount-Pictures-Production-Of-Irving-Berlins-White-Christmas/release/3615447 |website=Discogs.com |date=December 1954 |access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

Berlin wrote "A Singer, A Dancer" for Crosby and his planned co-star [[Fred Astaire]]; when Astaire became unavailable, Berlin re-wrote it as "A Crooner – A Comic" for Crosby and [[Donald O'Connor]], but when O'Connor left the project, so did the song. Another song written by Berlin for the film was "Sittin' in the Sun (Countin' My Money)" but because of delays in production Berlin decided to publish it independently.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Fred |title=Road to Hollywood |publisher=John Joyce |location=Gateshead, UK |date=1986 |page=231}}</ref> Crosby and Kaye also recorded another Berlin song ("Santa Claus") for the opening WWII Christmas Eve show scene, but it was not used in the final film. Their recording of the song survives, however, and can be found on the [[Bear Family Records]] 7-CD set titled ''Come On-A My House''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barnes & Noble |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/come-on-a-my-house-rosemary-clooney/77878?ean=0790051589523 |website=Barnes & Noble |access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

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==Reception==

===Box office===

''White Christmas'' earned $12 million in [[Gross rental|theatrical rentals]] – equal to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|12000000|1954}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} – making it the [[1954 in film|highest-grossing film of 1954]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=1954 Boxoffice Champs |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 5, 1955 |page=59 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety197-1955-01-05#page/n58/mode/1up |access-date=June 28, 2019 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It was also the [[List of highest-grossing musicals#Timeline of highest-grossing musical films|highest-grossing musical film]] at the time,<ref>{{cite magazine |title='54 Dream Pic: 'White Xmas' |last=Arneel |first=Gene |magazine=Variety |date=January 5, 1955 |page=5 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety197-1955-01-05#page/n4/mode/1up |access-date=June 28, 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and ranks among the top 100 popular movies of all time at the domestic box office when adjusted for inflation and the size of the population in its release year of 1954.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Movies 1927-2021 by Box Office Popularity|url=https://www.bestmoviesof.com/article/Top_100_Box_Office|website=Best Movies Of|access-date=2022-06-28}}</ref> Overall, the film grossed $30 million at the domestic box office.<ref name="numbers" />

===Critical response===

{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|It may be too sweet for some, but this unabashedly sentimental holiday favorite is too cheerful to resist.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1023543-white_christmas|title=White Christmas (1954)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=iso}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|56|17|ref=y|access-date=December 9, 2023}}

====Contemporary reception====

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was not impressed: "the use of VistaVision, which is another process of projecting on a wide, flat screen, has made it possible to endow ''White Christmas'' with a fine pictorial quality. The colors on the big screen are rich and luminous, the images are clear and sharp, and rapid movements are got without blurring—or very little—such as sometimes is seen on other large screens. Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowther |first1=Bosley |title=The Screen in Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/15/archives/the-screen-in-review-white-christmas-bows-at-the-music-hall.html |date=October 15, 1954 |access-date=January 26, 2016 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Kate Cameron of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' gave the film four stars, writing that "given an Irving Berlin score, a sentimental and amusing book by Melvin Frank and the two Normans, Krasna and Panama, a cast headed by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen, not to mention Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes and dancer John Brascia in the supporting roles, and a production all wrapped up in Technicolor, "White Christmas" adds up to first class entertainment. There is a lot of talent animating this VistaVision production and the principals work hard to catch the interest of the audience and hold it throughout. Bing and Danny are well teamed and, with Rosemary Clooney's considerable help, sing the tuneful Berlin numbers with verve. Vera Ellen dances delightfully with Kaye and Brascia."<ref>{{cite news

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William Brogdon of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "''White Christmas'' should be a natural at the boxoffice, introducing as it does Paramount's new VistaVision system with such a hot combination as Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and an Irving Berlin score&nbsp;... Crosby and Kaye, along with VV, keep the entertainment going in this fancifully staged Robert Emmett Dolan production, clicking so well the teaming should call for a repeat ... Certainly he [Crosby] has never had a more facile partner than Kaye against whom to bounce his misleading nonchalance."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Brogdon|first=William|url=https://archive.org/details/variety195-1954-09/page/n5/mode/1up|title=Film Reviews: White Christmas|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 1, 1954|page=6|issn=0042-2738|access-date=June 28, 2022|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' wrote: "Although not sensational, ''White Christmas'' is a pleasing entertainment. There are, however, spots where it becomes quite slow and boresome, the slowness in the action being caused by the many rehearsals in preparation of the big show. On the whole the action is pleasing and it puts the spectator in a happy frame of mind. The Irving Berlin songs are, of course, an important part of the attraction, and all are tuneful."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/harrisonsreports00harr_2/page/n161/mode/2up|title='White Christmas' with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen|magazine=Harrison's Reports|pages=138–139|date=August 28, 1954|access-date=December 8, 2022|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

A user of the Mae Tinee pseudonym in the ''[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]'' wrote that "Mr. Crosby seems a bit awkward at his romancing, but does all right with other chores. The music is pleasant, the stars likable, and while some may find it a bit on the sugary side, the family trade will undoubtedly find it an appetizing lollipop for a holiday treat."<ref>{{cite news

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Jack Karr of the ''[[Toronto Daily Star]]'' remarked that "on this introductory offer [of VistaVision,] Paramount spent a mint. It got Irving Berlin to add some new songs to a collection of his past favorites. It got Robert Emmett Polan to stage the whole works, and Michael Curtiz to direct it. And it put the script into the bands of three top screen writers —Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. With this latter team at work, it may be surprising that a screenplay of greater originality has not resulted."<ref>{{cite news

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====Later critiques====

As the film evolved to become a Christmas classic, critical analysis moved to the film's depictions of 1950s American culture. The [[Feminist film theory|feminist film theorist]] Linda Mizejewski commented that, although the film invoked nostalgia for [[minstrel shows]] and homoerotic [[buddy film]]s, it also disavows both forms of entertainment as verboten due to changing cultural norms.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mizejewski |first=Linda |date= April 2008 |title=Minstrelsy and Wartime Buddies: Racial and Sexual Histories in White Christmas |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/JPFT.36.1.21-29 |journal=Journal of Popular Film and Television |language=en |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=21–29 |doi=10.3200/JPFT.36.1.21-29 |s2cid=191332157 |issn=0195-6051}}</ref> [[Monica Hesse]], writing 64 years after the film's release, attributed the film's enduring popularity to its unabashed depictions of contemporary racism and sexism, serving to inspire viewers to continue press for cultural reform.<ref>{{Cite news | author-link = Monica Hesse|last=Hesse |first=Monica |date=2018-12-07 |title= How I learned to stop worrying and love 'White Christmas' |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-white-christmas/2018/12/06/046b97c4-f4f5-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==Home media==

''White Christmas'' was released on [[VHS]] in 1986 and again in 1997. The first US [[DVD]] release was in 2000. It was subsequently re-released in 2009, with a commensurate [[Blu-ray]] in 2010. The film was reissued in a 4-disc "Diamond Anniversary Edition" on October 14, 2014. This collection contains a Blu-ray with supplemental features, two DVDs with the film and an [[audio commentary]] by Clooney, and a fourth disc of Christmas songs on [[compact disc|CD]]. These songs are performed individually by Crosby, Clooney, and Kaye.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://dvdizzy.com/whitechristmas-diamond-pressrelease-1014.html |title=White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition |via=DVDizzy |agency=Paramount Home Media Distribution |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>

==Stage adaptation==

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* {{TCMDb title}}

* [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990033 "White Christmas heads to Marquis"] ''Variety'' August 4, 2008

* [http://www.whitechristmasthemusical.com Official site ''White Christmas the Musical'']

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=480731 Internet Broadway Database listing]

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{{Norman Krasna}}

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