🎄 I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby, 1943 🪖

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The song touched the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, who were then in the depths of World War II. It earned Bing Crosby his 5th gold record.

The song has become the most requested song at Christmas USO shows in both EU and the Pacific and 'Yank,' the GI magazine, said Crosby accomplished more military morale than anyone else of that era.

Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard. ⛄

The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. He tells his family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents "on" the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas
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- The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families..
Founded in 1941 during World War II, the USO sought to be the GI's "home away from home" and began a tradition of entertaining the troops and providing social facilities. Involvement in the USO was one of the many ways in which the nation had come together to support the war effort, with nearly 1.5 mill people having volunteered their services in some way...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Service_Organizations