And may all your Christmas’ be white Crosby added, “I sang it many times in Europe in the field for soldiers, and they’d holler for it. They’d demand it. When I’d sing it, they’d all cry.

Bing Crosby’s Christmas classic is the best-selling single of all time, and one of the most covered. Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, and even Iggy Pop have put out their own versions.