Irving Berlin's White Christmas is the most iconic of Festive songs. Illustration: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane. ... music written on a piano by a man who (a) couldn’t read music and (b) ...

Is White Christmas the Best Popular Song Ever ... told me that the songwriter—who couldn’t read music and played piano mostly on the black keys—had his secretary write down the lyrics ...

The thermometer in Brunswick Maine reads 85°F, but as one approaches the Pickard Theater, a band plays Christmas music outside, and inside the lights are twinkling; the halls are decked with ...

William Michael Morgan makes singing White Christmas look easy, and it may be. But singing it like this country newcomer sings it takes talent, dedication and patience.