It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
Song
LanguageEnglish
GenreChristmas
Songwriter(s)Meredith Willson

"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a popular Christmas song written by Meredith Willson in 1951. The song was originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas". There have been versions done by many different singers, such as Perry Como and Bing Crosby. Crosby's version was extremely popular and is played a lot during the Christmas holidays.

Background and writing[change | change source]

A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. Medel, Brian (2011-11-20). "Christmas looks a lot like Yarmouth in classic tune". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-11-07.