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Revisiting 'White Christmas'

NPR | By Susan Stamberg
Published December 25, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg explores the origins of the Christmas anthem, "White Christmas" written by Irving Berlin to an initially lackluster response from critics.

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Susan Stamberg
Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR.
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