50+ Music<p>"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChristmasSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasSong</span></a> written by the lyricist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KimGannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimGannon</span></a> and composer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WalterKent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalterKent</span></a> and recorded in 1943 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BingCrosby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BingCrosby</span></a>, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IllBeHomeForChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllBeHomeForChristmas</span></a> has since gone on to become a Christmas <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/standard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standard</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxtit85ua00" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Jxtit85ua00</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>