History Film / WhiteChristmas

** Despite his 'injury' being the result of enemy artillery, he does not wear a Purple Heart on his dress uniform at the end.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Subverted. This is what Phil says after saving Bob. It really is just a flesh wound, but the former will never let the latter forget it.

A few days before Christmas on tour in Florida with the show, they receive a letter from Benny Haynes, another soldier from their old army unit, asking them to look at his sisters' nightclub act. It later turns out one of the sisters faked the letter, and the other sister is shocked at the dishonesty. It works, though, and Wallace and Davis actually end up falling for the sisters (but not willing to admit it yet), and even follow them to their new gig in Vermont.

* PrettyInMink: The dresses at the end are trimmed with white fox and come with matching muffs, and Judy's dress also has a [[PimpedOutCape fox-trimmed cape]] and [[NiceHat a fox hat]]. Then there are the fur wraps worn by all the wives and girlfriends of the soldiers showing up at the end.

* {{Corpsing}}: Bing Crosby is all-but-losing it during the boys' version of "Sisters."

* UnplannedCrossdressing: To give Betty and Judy time to slip out of the Florida nightclub ahead of a chiseling landlord and the sheriff who's there to back him up, Phil talks Bob into lip-syncing a parodic reprise of the "Sisters" number. The "drag" consists of scarves, sashes, headdresses and the sister's huge feather fans, plus rolling up their trousers to expose the gartered socks that all well-dressed men wore then. It's still the comedic highlight of the film, mostly because Danny Kaye's outrageous and improvised campiness had the much more conservative (onscreen and in real life) Bing Crosby totally {{Corpsing}} throughout the number.

* PairTheSpares: Judy and Phil deliberately invoke this in order to get Betty and Bob back together. [[spoiler: It doesn't go quite as planned. [[DoubleSubversion But they all end up as couples anyway.]]]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Emma gets in some good zingers:

* MinstrelShows: The "Mandy" number is preceded by a brief, sanitized tribute to minstrel shows. There's no blackface makeup (thankfully!), and the only reference to racial content is veiled in a pun:
-->''Those colorful folks\\
With their riddles and jokes''

* SocietyMarchesOn: Crosby at one point mentions that it would be "impossible to find a Democrat in Vermont". Back in the day, Vermont was a GOP stronghold. This isn't the case now, due to shifting cultures and party changes, though their current Governor is a moderate Republican.

** Also, this movie isn't the TropeNamer -- that was ''Film/HolidayInn''.

Take Music/BingCrosby, Creator/DannyKaye, Creator/RosemaryClooney and Creator/VeraEllen, mix in a bunch of Music/IrvingBerlin tunes, and throw in a light but solid plot to put them all together. This 1954 musical film directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz is what you end up with.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Crosby at one point mentions that it would be "impossible to find a Democrat in Vermont". Back in the day, Vermont was a GOP stronghold. This isn't the case now, due to shifting cultures and party changes.

* LandlineEavesdropping: The housekeeper at the inn eavesdrops on Bob's phone call with a show host, but [[ExactEavesdropping doesn't hear the part where he refuses to make a publicity stunt out of helping the retired General.]]

* TheHeroSucksSong: Downplayed with "Love - You Didn't Do Right By Me", which [[SubvertedTrope Betty tries to avoid singing]] after she learns Bob will be in the audience, as she found it awkward singing about "A Joe who had who had ice and snow in his heart" in front of the man she'd been personally entangled with not a few days ago. Alas, she's overruled by the bandmaster and [[DoubleSubverted ends up singing it anyway]].

* CannotSpitItOut: Betty could tell Bob why she's upset at him, but doesn't get up the nerve. She has to see Bob's TV appearance to realize he's not doing what she though he would.

We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to stay\\
As long as he stays away from the battle fray.\\

* CurseCutShort: Bob almost says a swear word in a letter, but Waverly tells him to skip that part.

* DramaticDrop: Bob drops his luggage and coat upon seeing General Waverly walk in and springs to a salute.

* HappyHolidaysDress: Two stunning ones worn by the Haynes sisters at the end.

* HollywoodNewEngland

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The climax of the film centers around a plot Bob concocts to quickly rally the veterans of the 151st Division to surprise General Waverly for Christmas.

* TheMenFirst: General Waverly, as Bob fondly remembers.

* UnplannedCrossdressing: To give Betty and Judy time to slip out of the Florida nightclub ahead of a chiseling landlord and the sheriff who's there to back him up, Phil talks Bob into lip-syncing a parodic reprise of the "Sisters" number. The "drag" consists of scarves, sashes, headdresses and the sister's feather-boa fans, plus rolling up their trousers to expose the gartered socks that all well-dressed men wore then. It's still the comedic highlight of the film, mostly because Danny Kaye's outrageous and improvised campiness had the much more conservative (onscreen and in real life) Bing Crosby totally {{Corpsing}} throughout the number.

* In-Joke: When General Waverly tells his driver to take a short cut to get back to headquarters, he really means for the driver to take the long way back in order to give him time with his men without their new commanding General being around. His aide notes that the driver-a Sergeant-will be demoted to private by the new General for wasting his time, to which Waverly replies "Yes. Isn't he lucky?" The new General, while he had only one scene and a few lines, still came across as a fussy martinet. Generals are authorized to have Sergeants be their drivers, so the driver getting demoted to Private meant he would be away from the new General and wouldn't have to put up with his bullshit all the time, so getting him demoted was really doing him a favor. Most movie-goers who'd served in the war would understand this immediately.

Take Music/BingCrosby, Creator/DannyKaye, Creator/RosemaryClooney and Creator/VeraEllen, mix in a bunch of Creator/IrvingBerlin tunes, and throw in a light but solid plot to put them all together. This 1954 musical film directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz is what you end up with.