. "\"White Christmas\" is a Christmas song written by Irving Berlin, reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, poolside at the Biltmore hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. He often stayed up all night writing \u2014 he told Norman Wisdom, who added to the lyrics and claimed co-authorship, \"Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written \u2014 heck, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!\" The first public performance of the song was also by Crosby, on his NBC radio show The Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941 and the recording is not believed to have survived. He recorded it with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers 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 songs from the film Holiday Inn. At first, Crosby did not see anything special about it. He just said \"I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving.\""@en . . . . "Irving Berlin"@en . . . "Irving Berlin Music Co."@en . "White Christmas (song)"@en . . . . "\"White Christmas\" is a song written by Irving Berlin. The song is about reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Lady Gaga covered the song for \"A Very Gaga Thanksgiving\", which was then released on the EP, A Very Gaga Holiday."@en . "White Christmas"@en . "\"White Christmas\" is a song written by Irving Berlin. The song is about reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Lady Gaga covered the song for \"A Very Gaga Thanksgiving\", which was then released on the EP, A Very Gaga Holiday."@en . "Irving Berlin"@en . . . . "\"White Christmas\" is a Christmas song written by Irving Berlin, reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide."@en . . . . .