Holiday Inn (film) Holiday Inn (film) Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. With music by Irving Berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue "As Thousands Cheer". The film's choreography was by Danny Dare. The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Irving Berlin for "White Christmas"), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and
Songs for Christmas (Sufjan Stevens album) the original song "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!" while releasing inflatable Santas into the audience for fun. "Songs for Christmas" was generally well received by music critics. Stevens released a follow up, "Silver and Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10", in November 2012, which contains a further 58 original and traditional songs. Songs for Christmas (Sufjan Stevens album) Songs for Christmas is a box set of five separate EPs of Christmas-related songs and carols recorded by independent musician Sufjan Stevens between 2001 and 2006. The EPs had been given as gifts to friends and family of Stevens over the