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 the Season horns, cinematic strings, and cheery backing vocalists", with "the warmth of a happy childhood home during the holidays." Songs for the Season Songs for the Season, or Ingrid Michaelson's Songs for the Season, is the eighth studio album and the first Christmas album by Ingrid Michaelson, released on October 26, 2018. It takes a nostalgic approach to covers of Christmas standards and carols. Michaelson expressed that she loves the Christmas holiday and has wished to record a holiday album for years. Having recorded various Christmas songs such as the charity single "Winter Song", a duet with Sara Bareilles, she released