History YMMV / WhiteChristmas

* HilariousInHindsight: The characters make a joke about how if they brought a democrat to the very republican Vermont he'd probably be stoned to death. This is funny since the state is now not only known for being a blue state but it is also so progressive that it was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.

* {{Squick}}: Vera-Ellen had a frighteningly thin waist bordering on BodyHorror. You can practically see her gasping through her smile in some scenes.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It's from the Irving Berlin library, and sung by folks like Music/BingCrosby and Rosemary Clooney. What more needs be said?

* HarsherInHindsight: Wallace sings of how Generals face few employment prospects after they leave the service, while enlisted have many opportunities. Flash forward to the modern times, and high ranking officers have, through their education [[note]]To be an officer, a minimum of a bachelor's degree is needed while enlistment only requires high school diploma or the equivilent [[/note]] and connections, much better options for employment than enlisted persons, who often face difficulty finding stable employment due to service related health issues, minimal transferable job skills, and a lack of entry level jobs that pay a livable wage.

** What a difference sixty years makes -- Bob basically wants a wife who will stay in the kitchen and bear his children, and despite being career girls, neither Betty nor Judy have a problem with that, nor does Betty object to the implication that she'll have to give up show business to marry Bob. Although both guys admit that they can postpone their careers for family as well.

** Jo Young Jae: is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who's rough exterior has a playful and more empathetic role? Or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk who's rough exterior gives way to a seething hatred of those around him? Did his parents have a hand in either of these interpretations?

* WhatAnIdiot: Park Moo Yul leaving the gun and bullets together was a really stupid idea, something which Cho Chi Hun chastises him for. Even Kang Mi Reu, the most hot headed member of the group, made sure to separate them, as a loaded gun could wreak havoc on the school. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the gun is repossessed, and the killer takes over the school again.]]

* IdiotPlot: If Betty had taken ten seconds to ask Bob whether the impression she got from OutOfContextEavesdropping was actually correct, or if Bob had realized something was really bothering her and asked her what, there wouldn't be any romantic plot conflict at all.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* WhatAnIdiot: Park Moo Yul leaving the gun and bullets together was a really stupid idea, something which Cho Chi Hun chastises him for. Even Kang Mi Reu, the most hot headed member of the group, made sure to separate them, as a loaded gun could wreak havoc on the school. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the gun is repossessed, and the killer takes over the school again]].

** Weirdly, ''White Christmas'' also shows the change in values between the release of ''Film/HolidayInn'' and it. ''Holiday Inn'' has a blatant {{Blackface}} number and a stereotypical {{Mammy}} character. Twelve years later and the same number is reduced to an instrumental, and... there are no nonwhite characters, stereotyped or otherwise.

* WhatAnIdiot: Park Moo Yul leaving the gun and bullets together was a really stupid idea, something which Cho Chi Hun chastises him for, even Kang Mi Reu, the most hot headed member of the group, made sure to separate them, as a loaded gun could reek havoc on the school. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the gun is repossessed, and the killer takes over the school again]].

* AwesomeMusic: It's from the Irving Berlin library, and sung by folks like Music/BingCrosby and Rosemary Clooney. What more needs be said?

** Jo Young Jae is he a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who's rough exterior has a playful and more empathetic role? Or is he a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk who's rough exterior gives way to a seething hatred of those around him? Did his parents have a hand in either of these interpretations?

* WhatAnIdiot: Park Moo Yul leaving the gun and bullets together was a really stupid idea, something which Cho Chi Hun chastises him for, even Kang Mi Reu, the most hot headed member of the group, made sure to separate them, as a loaded gun could reek havoc on the school. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the gun is repossessed, and the killer takes over the school again]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Wallace sings of how Generals face few employment prospects after they leave the service, while enlisted have many opportunities. Flash forward to the modern times, and high ranking officers have, through their education [[note]]To be an officer, a minimum of a bachelor's degree is needed while enlistment only requires high school diploma or the equivilent [[/note]] and connections, much better options for employment than enlisted persons, who often face difficulty finding stable employment due to service related health issues and a lack of entry level jobs that pay a livable wage.

* AwesomeMusic: It's from the Irving Berlin library, and sung by folks like BingCrosby and Rosemary Clooney. What more needs be said?

** Choi Chi Hoon's refusal to move when [[spoiler:all the others throw Kim Yo Han off the hospital building]]. Was it because his leg was broken and he didn't want to take the effort to do it? Was it because he didn't care who did the deed, because they were going to do it anyway? Or was it because the killer could never get into his head, and his inaction was him declaring victory over the murderer's own stated goal to corrupt them?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

** What a difference sixty years makes -- Bob basically wants a wife who will stay in the kitchen and bear his children, and despite being career girls, neither Betty nor Judy have a problem with that, nor does Betty object to the implication that she'll have to give up show business to marry Bob. Although both guys admit that they can postpone their careers for family as well.

* IdiotPlot: If Betty had taken ten seconds to ask Bob whether the impression she got from OutOfContextEavesdropping was actually correct, there wouldn't be any romantic plot at all.