White Christmas (weather) by Bing Crosby from the film "Holiday Inn", is the best-selling single of all time and speaks nostalgically of a traditional white Christmas. The definition of "white Christmas" varies. In most countries, it simply means that the ground is covered by snow at Christmas, but some countries have more strict definitions. In the United States, the official definition of a white Christmas is that there has to be a snow depth of at least at 7:00 a.m. local time on Christmas morning, and in Canada the official definition is that there has to be more than on the ground on
Christmas Day in the Morning Christmas Day in the Morning Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled "Yuletide Folk Songs", this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known "What Child Is This?" to the little-known "Down in Yon Forest" and "The Seven Joys of Mary." "Jesous Ahatonia" is better known as the "Huron Carol." Ives released it as a single under the title "Indian Christmas Carol" (Decca 25585, 7 inch, 45 rpm). An unidentified reviewer for "The New York Times" wrote that "'The Friendly Beasts' and 'The