I’m Dreaming of a…

For as long as most of us can remember, the ideal has been for a white Christmas.

    The  classic concept may have began with Charles Dickens and his A Christmas Carol. The snowy backdrop set a tone for holidays to come for centuries.

    Composer Irving Berlin tugged at patriotic and home sick heartstrings with his White Christmas recorded in 1940 just in time for the war.

    Bing Crosby would lend his name and fame to the composition and concept with his rendition in 1941. The song would make its way to Hollywood for the movie Holiday Inn.

    Crosby would further the myth with the self-titled White Christmas in 1954. The film co-starred the crooner’s comedic partner Bob Hope.

…White Christmas.

    On a personal note, it wasn’t Christmas in our house when I was growing up unless my mother got to watch White Christmas on television. This was pre VHS, DVD/BluRay and streaming. You had to be in front of the cathode ray tube when one of the big three networks decided to air the film.

    Life was a little easier for the mutants of Xavier’s mansion with Storm in residence.