One of my favorite Christmas-themed movies has always been White Christmas starring Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen and Bing Crosby. 
Therefore, I’d like to recommend a book that’s an excellent source of background information on the movie, White Christmas - namely, “”White Christmas”: The Story of a Song” by Jody Rosen.
As the title says it is, of course, a book about one of the best-loved secular Christmas songs ever, but it’s also a cultural study in itself when it comes to popular music, Americana and Hollywood history.
Here’s further information on the book from Amazon.co.uk:
For anyone interested in the more controversial and as such much-debated aspect of a secular song being one of the most popular Christmas songs around the world, here’s a thought-provoking review of the American edition of this book from the Christian Science Monitor:
Tags: Americana, Bing Crosby, books, cultural studies, Danny Kaye, debate, entertainment, Hollywood, Irving Berlin, Jody Rosen, movies, Rosemary Clooney, The Story of a Song, Vera-Ellen, White Christmas
