Holiday Movie Memories: 'White Christmas'

Holiday traditions are a big deal in my family. I like to bring special events from my own childhood, and make it special for my own children. One of my absolute favorite holiday traditions is to share and make new holiday movie memories with my family. Every year during the Christmas season it is a joy to watch the movie "White Christmas" with my family. There are many reasons why we watch the movie "White Christmas" every year.

Childhood

I started watching the movie "White Christmas" with my mother when I was a very young child. I remember sitting in my mother's lap eating Christmas cookies while I watched "White Christmas" for the first time. Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" captivated me as a child. I fell immediately in love with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera Ellen. Every time I hear "I am Dreaming of a White Christmas" it still touches my soul. It makes me think of Christmas's past and Christmas's to come. It means even more to me since my own mother has passed on.

About

"White Christmas" is an endearing movie that was released in 1954. The movie starts off with soldiers dreaming of their own white Christmas and wishing they were with their families. Their beloved "General" is also retiring. Captain Wallace and Phillip Davis put on a show because it is Christmas. The war ends, and Wallace and Davis team up together as performers. They meet a sister act, and follow them to Vermont where the "General" is running a bed and breakfast. There they show everyone the true meaning of friendship and Iove.

Magic

There is a certain nostalgic magic that comes to me every time I watch "White Christmas" every December. Watching it helps to make Christmas become real for me. I watch the glow of pleasure on my children's faces as they watch the same movie that delighted me as a child. All of us start singing together the treasured Christmas songs from the movie, and it brings us closer together as a family. We all start cheering when the snow finally starts to fall. Watching this wonderful movie "White Christmas" makes us dream of our own white Christmas every year, and it makes us want to help others just like the characters do in the movie. Is that not one of the true meanings of Christmas?