What kind of holidays?

Happy ones, of course! If you can’t believe Manhattan Transfer, who can you believe? The song was written by Irving Berlin and turns up in the movie “Holiday Inn,” which is famous for the first appearance of “White Christmas.” Here Manhattan Transfer pairs it with Kay Thompson’s “Holiday Season,” which other artists have done as …

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There’s snow on the Big Island mountains

Barbra Streisand dreams of a “White Christmas” from her 1967 “A Christmas Album.” AllMusic.com gave the album 4 1/2 of 5 stars and said this: “Streisand gave her singing just enough personality without getting in the way of the familiar songs. They were trying to make a timeless classic, and that’s what they achieved.” I …

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