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1960s TWO YOUNG CHILDREN BOY AND GIRL WINTER COATS SINGING CAROLS UNDER CHRISTMAS DECORATED CANDLE LANTERN (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)
Bing Crosby, Vera-Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, and Danny Kaye perform a musical number from White Christmas. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Kino. Heimweh Nach St. Louis, Meet Me In St. Louis, Heimweh Nach St. Louis, Meet Me In St. Louis, Margaret O'Brien, Judy Garland Esther (Judy Garland, r) und ihre kleine Schwester Tootie (Margaret O'Brien, l) sind voellig entsetzt, als ihr Vater ihnen mitteilt, dass er einen Posten in New York angenommen hat. Ausser ihm will keiner der Familie St. Louis verlassen., 1944. (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)
