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YOUR VIEWS SONG HOME IN-DEPTH COVER VERSIONS "White Christmas" Bing Crosby Does it matter if a song takes on a different meaning than the one the writer intended? Send us your comments Your Name and Town/City: Your Message: Disclaimer:The BBC will put up as many of your comments as possible but we cannot guarantee that all e-mails will be published. The BBC reserves the right to edit comments that are published. White Christmas was written just for a movie called Holiday Inn ... then it came out in1942, it opened in August and we were at war then and White Christmas took on a meaning I never intended. Irving Berlin Listen to Irving Berlin Audio help %%INCLUDE_VIRTUAL_START/commentscps/sos/whitechristmas.ssi%%INCLUDE_END Newsletter sign-up Sign up for updates on new songs, documentaries and live events Like this song? Try these... Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 20 Last Christmas Wham! Merry Xmas Everybody Slade Sleigh Ride The Ronettes Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney DON'T MISS Doves Special guests on Dermot's show this week What's on Radio 2 Documentaries Find out more about current and forthcoming documentaries on Radio 2.

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