The 2008 Christmas CD Mix. From the War years, when millions of Americans longed for a White Christmas back home while they were thousands of miles away from their loved ones, to the booming post-War years, the 1940's saw the dawn of the Popular Christmas Song. No collection of 40's holiday music is complete without the king of popular music himself, Bing Crosby, and he's well-represented here. Inspired by A Christmas Story, this is the Christmas music my grandparents listened to with their young families..... This is the music of the 40's, when radio ruled (but whose days were numbered as Mindy Carson here reminds us), and this mix is how I imagine Christmas on the radio would have sounded back then. So take a trip back in time....turn down the lights, turn on that beautiful Philco radio console in the corner, and enjoy the sounds of a 1940's Christmas.
