White Christmas (song) the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers and for Decca Records in just 18 minutes on May 29, 1942, and it was released on July 30 as part of an album of six 78-rpm discs from the musical film "Holiday Inn". At first, Crosby did not see anything special about the song. He just said "I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving." The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs—in this case, written by a Jewish-American songwriter. The song initially performed poorly and was overshadowed by "Holiday Inn"'s first
Where Are You, Christmas? released featuring Hill singing from the Grinch's mountaintop home, interspersed with clips from the film and a cameo appearance by Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who. As of December 2018, total digital sales of the Faith Hill recording had reached 977,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was placed seventh on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history. In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush. In